30.9% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cushnie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cushnie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Cushnie remain well below state and national figures, with only 30.9% of people completing Year 12. This gap is stark compared to the Queensland average of 57.1%. The area relies heavily on trade qualifications rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people finished high school here than in most other areas. Only 30.9% completed Year 12, which is 28 points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cushnie splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common in Cushnie, where just 9.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though nearly 45% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.4% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Cushnie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and health, each accounting for 17.9% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is small with an average of 21 students and among the lowest advantage scores for its level.
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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
861
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cushnie
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 861.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tingoora State School, Tingoora | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 21 | 861 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cushnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30778/cushnie/topic/education