47.4% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glencoe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glencoe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Glencoe sits around the middle of similar areas for education, though it trails significantly behind state and national figures. Only 47.4% of residents have completed Year 12, and bachelor degrees are far less common here than in the wider region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Australian figure of 58.8% and well below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. About 37.8% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 7.4% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glencoe, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (7%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure. Most residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 50.3% of qualifications.
11.2% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Glencoe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 26.8%, followed by management and commerce at 21.6%. Society and culture accounts for a further 14.4% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These are all government primary schools, with a typical size of 225 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).
225
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glencoe
3 schools — 675 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Gowrie State School, Gowrie Junction | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 210 | 1,013 |
| Meringandan State School, Meringandan West | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 260 | 1,018 |
| Kingsthorpe State School, Kingsthorpe | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 205 | 939 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glencoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31155/glencoe/topic/education