44.6% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenmount · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greenmount
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Greenmount finished high school compared to the state or national average. Only 44.6% of residents completed Year 12, a gap of about 14 percentage points behind Australia. This trend of lower formal schooling carries through to higher education, where bachelor degrees are also less common than in the wider region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. For many others, the highest year of school reached was Year 10, at 26.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greenmount, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.3% of the population.
15.2% ▲ +84.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Greenmount, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Greenmount has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size of 33 students is much lower than usual. Both local schools are government primary schools.
5.65
Higher than 61% 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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greenmount
2 schools — 65 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Greenmount State School, Greenmount | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 23 | 977 |
| Emu Creek State School, East Greenmount | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 42 | 1,015 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31240/greenmount/topic/education