52.1% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eerwah Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eerwah Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than many similar areas shape daily life in Eerwah Vale, where 20.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While educational attainment is strong for the local area, it remains well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eerwah Vale, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 36%, while 20.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure slightly below the state average.
20.5% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Eerwah Vale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with engineering and related studies (12.3%) and health (12.1%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is marked by larger-than-usual schools, with an average size of 646 students and a higher-than-average advantage score of 1,036.
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).
646
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eerwah Vale
3 schools — 1,938 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Eumundi State School, Eumundi | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 578 | 1,052 |
| Noosa Christian College, Cooroy | Independent | Combined | 5.8 km | 478 | 1,060 |
| Noosa District State High School, Cooroy | Government | Secondary | 6.2 km | 882 | 1,012 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eerwah Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30944/eerwah-vale/topic/education