34.6% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Curra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Curra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Curra have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 34.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is reflected in the high proportion of adults who hold trade certificates instead of degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 35.1% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Curra splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 5.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average, while nearly half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IVs.
5.8% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Curra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 17.8%, followed by Management, Commerce, Society, and Culture at 12.5% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is smaller than most similar schools. This school has an average advantage score of 938, which is much lower than most other areas.
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).
221
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Curra
1 school — 221 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Chatsworth State School, Chatsworth | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 221 | 938 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Curra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30769/curra/topic/education