72.7% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fifteen Mile · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fifteen Mile
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 73% of people in Fifteen Mile completed Year 12, a figure far above the national average. While school completion rates are high, higher education is less common in this area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is very common here, with 72.7% of residents finishing school. This is far above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fifteen Mile, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher qualifications are less common in the area, as only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average of 26.3%.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Fifteen Mile, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 31%, ahead of Engineering & related (19%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government primary schools within 3km, though they are much smaller than most other areas. These schools have an average size of 90 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).
90
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fifteen Mile
2 schools — 180 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Murphy's Creek State School, Murphys Creek | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 17 | 918 |
| Geham State School, Geham | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 163 | 1,012 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fifteen Mile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31036/fifteen-mile/topic/education