42.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hirstglen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hirstglen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 7.6% of adults in Hirstglen hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This reflects a community where higher education is much less common than in most other areas. Most residents have a trade or vocational qualification rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the 57.1% seen across Queensland. About 31.8% of residents list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hirstglen, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 11 (7%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40% of adults. This helps explain why the number of people with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
7.6% ▼ -53.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Hirstglen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering, Society and Culture, and Architecture and Building, each held by 22.5% or 15% of the group.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools with an average of 32 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,051, which is much higher than most areas.
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,051
Higher 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 Hirstglen
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 1,051.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pilton State School, Pilton | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 32 | 1,051 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hirstglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31341/hirstglen/topic/education