42.9% ▲ +65.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Grantham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Grantham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification rates than most similar areas define Grantham, where only 6.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, reflecting a community where most people rely on trade-based learning rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.9%, which is far below both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. About 31.7% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Grantham, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are common here, with 48.4% of qualified adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with university degrees is so much lower than in most other areas.
6.6% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Grantham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Grantham are most often in Engineering and related fields at 19.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.4% and Health at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools for the number of children, with 6.99 per 1,000. These are exclusively government primary schools, and they are much smaller than most other schools in similar areas.
6.99
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
74
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Grantham
2 schools — 148 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Grantham State School, Grantham | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 73 | 925 |
| Tent Hill Lower State School, Lower Tenthill | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 75 | 985 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Grantham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31227/grantham/topic/education