47.2% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gulliver · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gulliver
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Gulliver sits around the middle of similar areas for education and qualifications. While it has a good number of local schools, the typical resident is less likely to have finished Year 12 or hold a university degree compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents (47.2%) have completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 23.2% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gulliver, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of the population, well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.7% of residents.
13.5% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Gulliver, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Gulliver most often studied Engineering and related fields (15.7%), followed by Society and Culture (13.5%) and Management and Commerce (12.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 24 schools within 3 km, which is more than 91% of similar areas. These schools are generally large, with an average size of 537 students, and 58.3% are government schools.
3.62
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
24
Higher than 87% 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).
537
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gulliver
24 schools — 12,890 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 6 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 14 · Secondary 6 · Combined 4
| Currajong State School, Gulliver | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 430 | 904 |
| Pimlico State High School, Gulliver | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 1,465 | 987 |
| Townsville Christian College, Vincent | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 442 | 871 |
| Marian Catholic School, Currajong | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 374 | 1,042 |
| The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James, Mundingburra | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 1,205 | 1,100 |
| Vincent State School, Vincent | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 132 | 772 |
| Mundingburra State School, Mundingburra | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 506 | 965 |
| Aitkenvale State School, Aitkenvale | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 366 | 870 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Mundingburra | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 356 | 1,078 |
| Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School, Mundingburra | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 198 | 930 |
| Heatley Secondary College, Heatley | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 715 | 862 |
| Hermit Park State School, Hyde Park | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 630 | 1,028 |
| Riverside Adventist School, Aitkenvale | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 61 | 1,011 |
| Ignatius Park College, Cranbrook | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 959 | 1,018 |
| St Margaret Mary's College, Hyde Park | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 707 | 1,014 |
| Garbutt State School, Garbutt | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 78 | 775 |
| Holy Spirit Catholic School, Cranbrook | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 686 | 1,010 |
| Heatley State School, Heatley | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 423 | 838 |
| Annandale Christian College, Annandale | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 687 | 1,069 |
| Annandale State School, Annandale | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 722 | 1,019 |
| Townsville Flexible School, West End | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 204 | 842 |
| Cranbrook State School, Cranbrook | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 592 | 910 |
| Townsville West State School, West End | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 111 | 866 |
| Townsville State High School, Railway Estate | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 841 | 924 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gulliver [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31263/gulliver/topic/education