55.5% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Highland Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Highland Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Highland Park, held by 36% of adults. While many residents have finished school, the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Highland Park, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is well below both Queensland and the national average.
16.8% ▲ +59.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Highland Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 17.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger and have higher advantage scores than most areas, with nine schools located within 3 km.
0.84
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
634
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,047
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Highland Park
9 schools — 5,705 students, average ICSEA 1,047.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| William Duncan State School, Highland Park | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 580 | 975 |
| Worongary State School, Worongary | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 508 | 994 |
| Nerang State High School, Nerang | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 998 | 970 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Nerang | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 338 | 1,036 |
| Nerang State School, Nerang | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 244 | 979 |
| Gilston State School, Gilston | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 484 | 1,026 |
| Emmanuel College, Carrara | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,686 | 1,139 |
| Josiah College, Carrara | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 102 | 1,084 |
| Silkwood School, Mount Nathan | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 765 | 1,073 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Highland Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31333/highland-park/topic/education