25.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gootchie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gootchie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Gootchie have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 25.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local profile where practical certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 25.3%. This is far below both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gootchie, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 7.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.3% of residents.
7.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Gootchie, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (31%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Management and Commerce, each representing 25% of the group.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, though it is among the smallest for this level with a typical size of 11 students.
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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gootchie
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gundiah State School, Gundiah | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 11 | 916 |
Sources
More for Gootchie
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gootchie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31206/gootchie/topic/education