39.6% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gympie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gympie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Gympie compared to the rest of the country. Only 39.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is much lower than the national figure. This gap in schooling is reflected in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below those in Queensland and Australia. About 29.3% of the population finished Year 10, while 15.3% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.4% of residents.
10.3% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Gympie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 14.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gympie has 15 schools within 3 km, which is more than 86% of similar areas. These schools are generally larger than most, with 66.7% being government-run.
4.32
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
436
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gympie
15 schools — 6,536 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Gympie Central State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 138 | 931 |
| St Patrick's College, Gympie | Catholic | Secondary | 1.0 km | 514 | 1,037 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Gympie | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 346 | 1,039 |
| Gympie West State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 384 | 948 |
| James Nash State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,027 | 976 |
| Gympie Flexible School, Gympie | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 103 | 880 |
| Gympie State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,012 | 955 |
| Gympie Special School, Gympie | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 88 | 962 |
| One Mile State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 316 | 925 |
| Victory College, Gympie | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 851 | 1,026 |
| Two Mile State School, Two Mile | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 92 | 913 |
| Gympie South State School, Southside | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 518 | 955 |
| Cooloola Christian College, Gympie | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 537 | 1,013 |
| Monkland State School, Monkland | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 128 | 922 |
| Jones Hill State School, Jones Hill | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 482 | 990 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31280/gympie/topic/education