45.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Evanslea · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Evanslea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A striking gap exists between school completion and higher degrees in Evanslea, where 33.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. While the area falls far behind state and national figures for finishing Year 12, it sees a much higher proportion of university-qualified adults than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. Around 25% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Evanslea, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 33.3% of the population. This is well above the Australian figure of 26.3% and far above the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
33.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Evanslea, Bachelor degree is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 18%, ahead of Society & culture (18%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 26 students. This school also has a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Evanslea
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Tyson State School, Mount Tyson | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 26 | 941 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Evanslea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31008/evanslea/topic/education