46.8% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glen Cairn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glen Cairn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Glen Cairn finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 46.8% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the area falls well below state and national figures for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 28.4% of people stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glen Cairn, 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 16.2% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.7% of adults.
16.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Glen Cairn, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Agriculture and Environment both being the most common at 16% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary government schools within 3 km, though they are smaller and have lower advantage scores than most other areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
95
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glen Cairn
2 schools — 190 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Forest Hill State School, Forest Hill | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 128 | 965 |
| Blenheim State School, Blenheim | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 62 | 933 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Cairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31143/glen-cairn/topic/education