33.1% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenvale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greenvale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people hold formal qualifications in Greenvale than in most similar areas. Only 33.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, with very few adults holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 33.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Greenvale splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (43%) and Year 12 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 3.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.9% of adults.
3.6% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Greenvale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (17.9%) and Architecture and building (10.7%), followed by food, hospitality and personal services (10.7%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are small, government-run primary schools with an average size of just 12 students.
30.30
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
851
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greenvale
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 851.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Greenvale State School, Greenvale | Government | Primary | 16.8 km | 12 | 851 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31245/greenvale/topic/education