49.7% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Green Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Green Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Green Hill have remained low over the last decade, with only 7.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the figures for both Queensland and Australia, marking the area as one of the least qualified relative to similar regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents have finished Year 12, at 49.7%. This is higher than in most similar areas, but it remains well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Green Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 51% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. In contrast, the proportion of people with university degrees is far below the national figure, sitting at just 7.6%.
7.6% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Green Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Technical and practical fields dominate the area's qualifications. Engineering and related studies are the most common at 27.1%, followed by architecture and building at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one independent combined school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 63 students. This school is among the lowest in the region for its advantage score.
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).
63
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
885
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Green Hill
1 school — 63 students, average ICSEA 885.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Cairns Adventist College, Gordonvale | Independent | Combined | 6.9 km | 63 | 885 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Green Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31234/green-hill/topic/education