47.8% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gaven · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gaven
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Eleven different schools serve the Gaven area, more than 83% of similar places. While these schools are often larger than usual, the local adult population has lower levels of formal schooling and degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have finished Year 12, at 47.8%. This is far below the Australian figure of 58.8% and well below Queensland's 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gaven, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.9% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.5% of people.
13.9% ▲ +51.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Gaven, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study are management and commerce at 18.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 17.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a school advantage score of 1,038, which is much higher than most areas. About 72.7% of these schools are government-run, and the typical school size is 1,004 students.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
1,004
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,038
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gaven
11 schools — 11,048 students, average ICSEA 1,038.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Pacific Pines State High School, Pacific Pines | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 2,193 | 1,009 |
| Pacific Pines State School, Pacific Pines | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 759 | 1,016 |
| Arundel State School, Arundel | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 925 | 1,035 |
| Jubilee Primary School, Pacific Pines | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 720 | 1,058 |
| Park Lake State School, Pacific Pines | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 901 | 1,032 |
| A B Paterson College, Arundel | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,652 | 1,123 |
| Helensvale State School, Helensvale | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 871 | 1,015 |
| Nerang State School, Nerang | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 244 | 979 |
| Trinity Lutheran College, Ashmore | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 1,322 | 1,086 |
| Gaven State School, Oxenford | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 463 | 987 |
| Nerang State High School, Nerang | Government | Secondary | 5.6 km | 998 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31105/gaven/topic/education