39.5% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Emu Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Emu Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of Emu Vale residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where only 10.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. This is one of the lowest rates compared to most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Emu Vale, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education levels are much lower than across Australia, with only 10.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 24.7% of residents.
10.6% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Vale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are health at 16.9%, followed by society and culture at 10.1% and engineering at 9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is much smaller than most areas with an average size of 40 students.
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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% 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 Vale
1 school — 40 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Yangan State School, Yangan | Government | Primary | 12.3 km | 40 | 966 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Emu Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30976/emu-vale/topic/education