34.0% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Crows Nest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Crows Nest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Crows Nest have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 34% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local profile where practical certificates are more common than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, sitting at 34%. About 29% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 14% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Crows Nest, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 10.2% of adults, which is far below the Queensland figure. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 30.6% of the population.
10.2% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Crows Nest, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 13.4%, followed by Society and Culture at 10.8% and Management and Commerce at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Crows Nest is served by a single government combined school within 3km of residents. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas and has a lower average advantage score.
3.45
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
181
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Crows Nest
1 school — 181 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Crow's Nest State School, Crows Nest | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 181 | 949 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30759/crows-nest/topic/education