35.5% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elliott · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elliott
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.5% of people in Elliott finished Year 12, a figure far below the national and state averages. This gap is a defining feature of the area, where school completion and higher university degrees are much less common than in most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, completed by 42.1% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elliott, the largest group is Year 10 at 45%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 11.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 44.3%.
11.9% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Elliott, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are management and commerce at 22.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 18.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than in most areas. The only school is an independent secondary school.
50.00
Higher than 99% 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).
76
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
898
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elliott
1 school — 76 students, average ICSEA 898.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Burnett Youth Learning Centre, Elliott | Independent | Secondary | 10.0 km | 76 | 898 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30968/elliott/topic/education