44.4% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Finlayvale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Finlayvale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Finlayvale have completed Year 12 compared to the rest of the country. Only 44.4% of residents finished their final school year, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, with a notably low share of residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 14.8% and Year 11 at 11.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Finlayvale, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3% and also far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% 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 →Finlayvale splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (33%), with Certificate III / IV at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 22%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, more than 70% of similar areas, though they have a much lower average advantage score than most. Two-thirds are government primary schools and one-third are Catholic secondary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
328
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Finlayvale
3 schools — 983 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Augustine's School, Mossman | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 109 | 1,002 |
| Mossman State School, Mossman | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 321 | 879 |
| Mossman State High School, Mossman | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 553 | 938 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Finlayvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31039/finlayvale/topic/education