39.7% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eli Waters · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eli Waters
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Eli Waters have finished high school compared to most other areas, with only 39.7% completing Year 12. This trend extends to higher education, where the number of people with a university degree is far below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national figure, as only 39.7% of people finished Year 12. About 30% of residents left school after Year 10, and 13.9% left in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eli Waters, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland average. Trade certificates are more common, with 39.8% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
10.1% ▲ +36.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Eli Waters, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 14.6%, followed closely by Management and Commerce at 14.3% and Society and Culture at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
While there are more schools within 3km than in about 79% of similar areas, there are 1.52 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas. The average school size of 747 is among the highest for its level.
1.52
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
747
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eli Waters
7 schools — 5,228 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 4 · Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay | Catholic | Combined | 1.2 km | 1,322 | 1,021 |
| Yarrilee State School, Urraween | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 732 | 965 |
| St James Lutheran College, Urraween | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 754 | 1,038 |
| Bayside Christian College Hervey Bay, Urraween | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 631 | 1,010 |
| Hervey Bay State High School, Pialba | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,280 | 963 |
| Pialba State School, Pialba | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 367 | 901 |
| Carinity Education - Glendyne, Nikenbah | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 142 | 882 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eli Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30960/eli-waters/topic/education