33.4% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hope Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hope Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school or university in Hope Vale compared to most similar areas. Only about a third of residents finished Year 12, and just 5.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 33.4%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. Many residents left school earlier, with 24% finishing at Year 10 and 18.7% finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hope Vale, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, as the 5.8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas. Instead, Certificates III and IV are the most typical qualification, held by 44.8% of people.
5.8% ▲ +56.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Hope Vale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 14%, followed by education at 11.2% and architecture and building at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's schools are all government-run primary schools, with an average size of 146 students. These schools have an average advantage score of 707, which is among the lowest for this level.
3.45
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
146
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
707
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hope Vale
1 school — 146 students, average ICSEA 707.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy, Hope Vale | Government | Primary | 21.2 km | 146 | 707 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hope Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31357/hope-vale/topic/education