30.3% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Finch Hatton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Finch Hatton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower educational attainment than most similar areas marks Finch Hatton, where only 30.3% of residents have finished Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The area is largely non-residential in feel, with a small number of people holding higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, with only 30.3% of people completing their final year. This is 29 points lower than the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →Finch Hatton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification for 40.2% of residents.
7.0% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Finch Hatton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 22.9%, followed by Society and culture at 7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 11.49 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. These are all small government primary schools, with an average size of just 32 students.
11.49
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Finch Hatton
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Finch Hatton State School, Finch Hatton | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 32 | 931 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Finch Hatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31038/finch-hatton/topic/education