53.6% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Highworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Highworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Highworth have shifted over the last decade, though the area still lags behind national trends. While more than half of residents have finished Year 12, the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the Australian figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the 57.1% seen across Queensland and the 58.8% national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Highworth, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.4% of residents.
16.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Highworth, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 14.3%, followed by engineering at 13.2% and management and commerce at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Highworth has more schools within 3km than 79% of similar areas, with an average school size of 593 students, which is much higher than most areas.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
593
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Highworth
7 schools — 4,154 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 3 · Secondary 2 · Primary 2
| Burnside State High School, Burnside | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 809 | 988 |
| Burnside State School, Burnside | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 368 | 984 |
| Nambour Special School, Burnside | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 132 | 1,002 |
| St John's College, Nambour | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 927 | 1,059 |
| Nambour State College, Nambour | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,469 | 977 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Nambour | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 341 | 1,045 |
| Blackall Range Independent School, Kureelpa | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 108 | 1,039 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Highworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31337/highworth/topic/education