48.5% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Geham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Geham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates Geham from the national average in both Year 12 completion and university degrees. This highlights a local trend where residents are far less likely to have finished high school or university than most Australians. Only about 49% of people here finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This puts Geham far below the national average for high school completion.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Geham, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 15.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 36.9%.
15.9% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Geham, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related roles being the most common at 14.8%. Education (12.3%) and Management and commerce (10.7%) also represent significant shares of local study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Geham has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is lower than usual. There is one primary government school within 3 km, which has a school advantage score higher than most areas.
14.93
Higher than 83% 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).
163
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,012
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Geham
1 school — 163 students, average ICSEA 1,012.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Geham State School, Geham | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 163 | 1,012 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Geham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31109/geham/topic/education