51.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hodgleigh · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 13.3% of adults in Hodgleigh hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This small community sees a lower proportion of residents completing Year 12 compared to the state and the rest of Australia. Most adults here hold vocational certificates or diplomas rather than university degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.5% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages. Around 25.3% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
51.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Hodgleigh, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult here is less likely to have a university degree than those in most other areas, with 13.3% holding a bachelor degree or higher. Certificate III or IV is the most common top qualification at 26.7%.
13.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Hodgleigh, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in Hodgleigh are spread across several fields, led by Engineering at 16.7% and Management and Commerce at 15.0%. Education and Agriculture also make up a significant share of the local study backgrounds.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, though it is smaller than schools in most similar places. This school also has a lower advantage score than most others.
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).
121
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 121 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coolabunia State School, Coolabunia | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 121 | 966 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hodgleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31343/hodgleigh/topic/education