29.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goondi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goondi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Goondi have remained very low, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This stands as one of the lowest figures for the area, which is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About a quarter of the population left school at Year 10, and 16.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goondi, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Goondi have a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 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 Goondi, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 33%, ahead of Society & culture (25%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 km, more than about 75% of similar areas. These include a mix of government and Catholic schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
430
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goondi
5 schools — 2,152 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| Goondi State School, Goondi Bend | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 330 | 919 |
| Innisfail State School, Innisfail | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 117 | 771 |
| Good Counsel College, Innisfail | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 414 | 982 |
| Good Counsel Primary School, Innisfail | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 340 | 1,001 |
| Innisfail State College, Innisfail Estate | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 951 | 889 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goondi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31199/goondi/topic/education