48.8% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Horseshoe Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Horseshoe Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees have become more common in Horseshoe Bay since 2011. While these figures are now higher than in most similar areas, they remain well below the Queensland and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents, or 48.8%, have completed Year 12. This is a higher rate than most similar areas, although it is still far below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Horseshoe Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 17.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common here than in most similar areas. However, this figure is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
17.6% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Horseshoe Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 16.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is smaller than most others in similar areas, but it has a school advantage score of 1,027, which is 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).
123
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,027
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Horseshoe Bay
1 school — 123 students, average ICSEA 1,027.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Magnetic Island State School, Nelly Bay | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 123 | 1,027 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Horseshoe Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31362/horseshoe-bay/topic/education