46.7% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ficks Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ficks Crossing
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Ficks Crossing hold university degrees, placing the area among the lowest for higher education compared to similar places. Only 46.7% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most of the country, with 46.7% completing Year 12. This is far below the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ficks Crossing, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 48%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 52.4% of residents.
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 Ficks Crossing, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 35%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the fields are split evenly between engineering, architecture and building, and society and culture, each at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent secondary school within 3km, though its average size of 34 students is much lower 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).
34
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
745
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ficks Crossing
1 school — 34 students, average ICSEA 745.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Silver Lining School, Ficks Crossing | Independent | Secondary | 1.0 km | 34 | 745 |
Sources
More for Ficks Crossing
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ficks Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31034/ficks-crossing/topic/education