43.0% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fishery Falls · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fishery Falls
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Fishery Falls, held by 32.5% of adults. The area has a small number of people with university degrees and far fewer residents who finished high school compared to the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 21.2% of residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fishery Falls, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.9% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
17.9% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 Fishery Falls, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 19.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is very small with just 10 students. The only school within 3km is a government primary school.
40.00
Higher than 99% 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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,010
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fishery Falls
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 1,010.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| McDonnell Creek State School, Fishery Falls | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 10 | 1,010 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fishery Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31043/fishery-falls/topic/education