37.8% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eungella · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eungella
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Eungella finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 37.8% completing Year 12. This significant gap defines the local educational profile, where school completion and higher degrees are both far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. About 22.4% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eungella, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 11.3%, which is far below both the state (21.9%) and Australia (26.3%). The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26% of residents.
11.3% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Eungella, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 18%, followed by society and culture at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a small government primary school with an average size of just 19 students. While the school advantage score is lower than most areas, there are 28.57 schools per 1,000 children, which is among the highest at this level.
28.57
Higher than 93% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
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 Eungella
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Eungella State School, Eungella | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 19 | 951 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eungella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30997/eungella/topic/education