50.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cressbrook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cressbrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well below the national figure, only about half of Cressbrook residents have completed Year 12. Despite this, the area has a higher rate of university degrees and school completions than most similar areas, though it still lags behind Queensland and Australia overall.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 50.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is well below the 58.8% national average. For others, the most common stop was Year 10, which 17.2% of residents reached.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cressbrook, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.7% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, but still well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
17.7% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Cressbrook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 20%, followed by engineering at 15.4% and education at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These include one primary and one secondary school, though the typical advantage score is lower than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
262
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cressbrook
2 schools — 524 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Toogoolawah State High School, Toogoolawah | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 303 | 948 |
| Toogoolawah State School, Toogoolawah | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 221 | 965 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cressbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30748/cressbrook/topic/education