44.7% ▲ +42.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hatton Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hatton Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has stayed relatively steady in Hatton Vale, though levels remain significantly lower than state and national figures. Only 9.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 44.7%, a figure far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. About 29.3% of residents finished Year 10, while 13% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hatton Vale, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 43.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This contrasts with the low number of university degrees, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
9.1% ▲ +55.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Hatton Vale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 20.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.4% and Society and culture at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hatton Vale has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size of 409 students is higher than in most areas.
3.04
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
409
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hatton Vale
5 schools — 2,044 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Hatton Vale State School, Hatton Vale | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 551 | 969 |
| Sophia College, Plainland | Catholic | Secondary | 5.4 km | 450 | 999 |
| Prenzlau State School, Prenzlau | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 60 | 989 |
| Faith Lutheran College - Plainland, Plainland | Independent | Combined | 6.0 km | 848 | 1,014 |
| Minden State School, Minden | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 135 | 975 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hatton Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31302/hatton-vale/topic/education