40.9% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Emu Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Emu Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Emu Park finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 40.9% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, as the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than both Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. About 32.3% of residents listed Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Emu Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, which is well below the state average of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.9% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Emu Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Emu Park most commonly studied engineering and related fields (18.5%), followed by management and commerce at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's school advantage score is lower than most similar areas. There is one primary school within 3km, and all local schools are government-run.
3.08
Lower than 56% 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).
499
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Emu Park
1 school — 499 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Emu Park State School, Emu Park | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 499 | 950 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30975/emu-park/topic/education