67.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forest Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Forest Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than two thirds of people in Forest Lake have finished Year 12, a rate far above the Queensland average. This high level of schooling is reflected in the workforce, where about a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A strong 67.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is well above the national figure of 58.8% and much higher than most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Forest Lake, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 24.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Queensland average but a little below the Australian figure.
24.9% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Forest Lake splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 21.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Forest Lake has 16 schools within 3km, more than 87% of similar areas, though it has among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children. Most of these are government primary schools.
0.87
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
771
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Forest Lake
16 schools — 12,328 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 12 · Independent 2 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Grand Avenue State School, Forest Lake | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 917 | 1,033 |
| St John's Anglican College, Forest Lake | Independent | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,329 | 1,118 |
| Forest Lake State High School, Forest Lake | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,673 | 969 |
| Forest Lake State School, Forest Lake | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 738 | 1,015 |
| Serviceton South State School, Inala | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 454 | 919 |
| Inala Flexible School, Inala | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 94 | 823 |
| Richlands East State School, Inala | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 508 | 910 |
| St Mark's School, Inala | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 448 | 982 |
| Pallara State School, Pallara | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 1,337 | 1,062 |
| Durack State School, Durack | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 642 | 934 |
| Carole Park State School, Wacol | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 167 | 905 |
| Australian International Islamic College, Durack | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,573 | 971 |
| Inala State School, Inala | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 416 | 906 |
| Western Suburbs State Special School, Inala | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 220 | 972 |
| Glenala State High School, Durack | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,133 | 908 |
| Camira State School, Camira | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 679 | 983 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Forest Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31064/forest-lake/topic/education