28.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gairloch · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gairloch
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Gairloch have finished high school or gone on to university, creating a local profile where practical experience likely outweighs formal study. Only 28.6% of people completed Year 12, which is far below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost 40% of people left school in Year 9 or below, while only 28.6% finished Year 12. This is far below the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →Gairloch splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (33%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 12 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Gairloch hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the lowest rates for this qualification in the country and far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Gairloch, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic providers, with an average size of 281 students.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
281
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gairloch
5 schools — 1,403 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Catholic 2 · Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Secondary 2 · Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Hinchinbrook Christian School, Ingham | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 7 | 960 |
| Gilroy Santa Maria College, Ingham | Catholic | Secondary | 5.2 km | 313 | 982 |
| Ingham State High School, Ingham | Government | Secondary | 5.6 km | 422 | 923 |
| Ingham State School, Ingham | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 334 | 932 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Ingham | Catholic | Primary | 5.9 km | 327 | 1,000 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gairloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31095/gairloch/topic/education