50.0% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glen Isla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glen Isla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Glen Isla hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national and state figures. This small community has a workforce largely trained through vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of the residents completed Year 12, a result that is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Glen Isla splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 65% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This explains why university degrees are far below the Queensland average of 21.9%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 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 Glen Isla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related fields at 35%, followed by health at 20% and agriculture and environment at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These include a mix of government and Catholic schools, with an average size of 806 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
806
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% 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 Isla
3 schools — 2,418 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| St Catherine's Catholic College The Whitsundays, Proserpine | Catholic | Combined | 3.6 km | 725 | 1,017 |
| Proserpine State School, Proserpine | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 577 | 968 |
| Proserpine State High School, Proserpine | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,116 | 974 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Isla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31147/glen-isla/topic/education