42.3% ▲ +53.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Drillham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Drillham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Drillham have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the rest of the state. Only 42.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This reflects a community where a smaller proportion of adults hold formal academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.3%, which is far below the national figure. About 29.5% of residents stopped at Year 10, and another 12.8% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Drillham, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with just 4.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification at 37.5%.
4.9% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Drillham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in Agriculture and environment at 25%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 22.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school with a very small average size of 37 students. While the school advantage score is higher than most areas, the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the highest for its level.
35.71
Higher than 97% 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).
37
Lower than 87% 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 Drillham
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 1,026.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Drillham State School, Drillham | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 37 | 1,026 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Drillham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30878/drillham/topic/education