39.0% ▲ +35.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elliott Heads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elliott Heads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Similar levels of education are found in Elliott Heads compared to other areas of its type, though school completion is notably low. Only 39% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average, with only 39% of people finishing their final year. About 36.1% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Elliott Heads splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.8%, which is well below the state average. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications here at 39.6%.
14.8% ▲ +74.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Heads, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in engineering and related fields are the most common, held by 17.9% of qualified residents, followed by management and commerce at 15.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km of the area. While the average school size of 121 is lower than most areas, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in many other similar places.
5.46
Higher than 61% 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).
121
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% 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 Heads
1 school — 121 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Elliott Heads State School, Elliott Heads | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 121 | 983 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elliott Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30969/elliott-heads/topic/education