54.3% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dicky Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dicky Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A quarter of adults in Dicky Beach hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the Queensland average. While university qualifications are common, slightly fewer people here finished Year 12 compared to the national average. This creates a diverse educational profile for the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 54.3%, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 23.1% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dicky Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is high, with 25.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland average.
25.4% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Dicky Beach splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by health at 15.4% and education at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are generally larger and have higher advantage scores than most. There are eight schools within 3 km, with government schools making up 75% of the sector.
3.85
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
765
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,026
Higher 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 Dicky Beach
8 schools — 6,121 students, average ICSEA 1,026.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Currimundi Special School, Dicky Beach | Government | Combined | 0.6 km | 177 | 1,006 |
| Currimundi State School, Currimundi | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 619 | 1,041 |
| Caloundra State School, Caloundra | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 481 | 1,027 |
| Caloundra State High School, Caloundra | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,316 | 1,004 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary School, Caloundra | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 321 | 1,092 |
| Talara Primary College, Currimundi | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 974 | 1,035 |
| Caloundra Christian College, Caloundra | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 438 | 1,058 |
| Meridan State College, Meridan Plains | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,795 | 1,013 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dicky Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30841/dicky-beach/topic/education