40.5% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Devereux Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Devereux Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Devereux Creek have remained low compared to the rest of the country. Only 40.5% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here have finished high school than in most other areas. The 40.5% who completed Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, while nearly 30% of residents stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Devereux Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average, though trade qualifications are more common with 41.8% holding a Certificate III or IV.
9.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Devereux Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 26.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three government schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, though they have a lower average advantage score than other areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
505
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Devereux Creek
3 schools — 1,515 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Mirani State High School, Mirani | Government | Secondary | 6.7 km | 786 | 947 |
| Mirani State School, Mirani | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 280 | 947 |
| Marian State School, Marian | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 449 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Devereux Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30835/devereux-creek/topic/education