41.5% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Greenmount · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Greenmount
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A shift toward higher qualifications has occurred since 2011 in East Greenmount, though schooling levels remain low. Only 41.5% of adults have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people have finished Year 12 here compared to the rest of the country. About 41.5% completed high school, while 30.9% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In East Greenmount, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common than in most areas, with only 12.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
12.2% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 East Greenmount, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 21.5%, followed by management and commerce at 11.8% and health at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local primary schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 37 students. There are 18.87 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than in similar areas.
18.87
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving East Greenmount
3 schools — 110 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Emu Creek State School, East Greenmount | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 42 | 1,015 |
| Greenmount State School, Greenmount | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 23 | 977 |
| Ramsay State School, Ramsay | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 45 | 1,035 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30925/east-greenmount/topic/education