45.6% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 35% of adults in Glenden hold a Certificate III or IV, making trade qualifications the most common achievement here. The area has a smaller proportion of university degrees and school leavers compared to both Queensland and the national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here than in most of the country. Only 45.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenden, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common in Glenden, with 14% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
14.0% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Glenden, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Glenden are strongly linked to technical fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most popular at 24.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government combined school. While the school is much smaller than most, there are 9.71 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than in similar areas.
9.71
Higher than 74% 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).
39
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
957
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenden
1 school — 39 students, average ICSEA 957.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Glenden State School, Glenden | Government | Combined | 0.3 km | 39 | 957 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31157/glenden/topic/education