50.5% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fairney View · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fairney View
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 12.5% of adults in Fairney View hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it a place where practical trades and certificates are more common than university degrees. This is far below the national figure, reflecting a local workforce geared more towards vocational skills than higher academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents, 50.5%, finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland and Australian figures. Roughly 33.5% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fairney View, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 40.7%, while bachelor degrees are held by 19.8% of the community. The share of people with a degree is far below the national average.
12.5% ▲ +43.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Fairney View, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most popular area of study at 24.4%, followed by management and commerce at 20.9% and society and culture at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two primary schools are located within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Both are government schools with a typical size of 270 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
270
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fairney View
2 schools — 539 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Glamorgan Vale State School, Glamorgan Vale | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 92 | 1,005 |
| Fernvale State School, Fernvale | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 447 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fairney View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31015/fairney-view/topic/education