38.5% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ellangowan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ellangowan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have finished high school in Ellangowan than in most other areas, with only 38.5% completing Year 12. This reflects a community where many people leave school early, though a good number of adults have gone on to gain vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. The most common highest year of schooling for residents is Year 10, at 41%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ellangowan splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 13% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Queensland average of 21.9%. More than half of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
13.0% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Ellangowan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and Environment being the most common at 24.3%, followed by Engineering and Health both at 16.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though its average size of 28 students is much lower than most areas.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ellangowan
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Back Plains State School, Back Plains | Government | Primary | 12.7 km | 28 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ellangowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30962/ellangowan/topic/education