35.0% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Helidon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Helidon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates Helidon from the national average in Year 12 completion. This is an area where fewer residents have finished high school or university than in most other parts of the country. The typical educational profile here leans heavily towards vocational certificates rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 30.4% of people having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Helidon, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 7.4% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.4% of residents.
7.4% ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Helidon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 13.7%. Engineering and Management and Commerce both follow at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school with an average size of 103 students. This school's advantage score is much lower than those in most other similar areas.
4.12
Higher than 53% 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).
103
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Helidon
1 school — 103 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Helidon State School, Helidon | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 103 | 938 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Helidon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31316/helidon/topic/education