26.9% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fairymead · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fairymead
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of residents in Fairymead reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling. This is a place where formal education levels are much lower than in the rest of the state, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.9% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. This is among the lowest levels of school completion seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fairymead, Year 10 is the majority at 52%; Year 12 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Fairymead hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 21.9% seen across Queensland and the 26.3% average for Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Fairymead, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 29%, ahead of Education (21%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These government-run schools are smaller than most, though their advantage scores sit around the middle for their level.
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).
120
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fairymead
2 schools — 240 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Burnett Heads State School, Burnett Heads | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 96 | 976 |
| Gooburrum State School, Gooburrum | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 144 | 986 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fairymead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31018/fairymead/topic/education