57.6% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hermit Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hermit Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant gap exists between Hermit Park and the national average for university degrees, though it performs strongly against similar areas. While 22% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished high school, with 57.6% completing Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hermit Park, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is more common here than in most similar areas, though the typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.1% of adults.
22.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Hermit Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 14.8%, followed by society and culture at 13.5% and health and engineering both at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hermit Park is exceptionally well-served for education, with 23 schools within 3km—more than 91% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 604 students.
23
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).
604
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hermit Park
23 schools — 13,899 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 7 · Combined 4
| St Margaret Mary's College, Hyde Park | Catholic | Secondary | 0.9 km | 707 | 1,014 |
| Hermit Park State School, Hyde Park | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 630 | 1,028 |
| Townsville State High School, Railway Estate | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 841 | 924 |
| Railway Estate State School, Railway Estate | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 179 | 916 |
| Townsville Flexible School, West End | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 204 | 842 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Mundingburra | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 356 | 1,078 |
| Townsville West State School, West End | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 111 | 866 |
| Mundingburra State School, Mundingburra | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 506 | 965 |
| Pimlico State High School, Gulliver | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,465 | 987 |
| Oonoonba State School, Idalia | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 525 | 995 |
| Marian Catholic School, Currajong | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 374 | 1,042 |
| The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James, Mundingburra | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,205 | 1,100 |
| Townsville South State School, South Townsville | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 95 | 909 |
| Currajong State School, Gulliver | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 430 | 904 |
| William Ross State High School, Annandale | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 862 | 955 |
| Townsville Grammar School, North Ward | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,288 | 1,116 |
| Southern Cross Catholic College, Annandale | Catholic | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,479 | 1,048 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, The Strand, North Ward | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 355 | 1,100 |
| Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School, Mundingburra | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 198 | 930 |
| Townsville Central State School, North Ward | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 144 | 930 |
| St Patrick's College Townsville, Townsville | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 663 | 1,024 |
| Belgian Gardens State School, Belgian Gardens | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 595 | 1,055 |
| Annandale Christian College, Annandale | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 687 | 1,069 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hermit Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31323/hermit-park/topic/education