45.7% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gheerulla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gheerulla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Gheerulla have finished high school compared to the national average, with only 45.7% completing Year 12. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are less common than in most of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. Other common outcomes include 26.5% finishing Year 10 and 8.3% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gheerulla, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.6% of the population, well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.8% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +78.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Gheerulla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering is the most common field at 19.4%. Other notable areas of study include Architecture and building at 11.5% and Health at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gheerulla has one government primary school, which is smaller than most areas but has a school advantage score much higher than most. There are no secondary or independent schools in the area.
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).
177
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,048
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gheerulla
1 school — 177 students, average ICSEA 1,048.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mapleton State School, Mapleton | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 177 | 1,048 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gheerulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31114/gheerulla/topic/education