35.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Horseshoe Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Horseshoe Lagoon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Horseshoe Lagoon from the national average in Year 12 completions. This community has much lower levels of formal schooling and higher education than most similar areas. Only 35.4% of residents finished high school, and just 8.6% hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far below the state and national figures, with only 35.4% of people completing Year 12. Many residents finished school earlier, with 26.6% reaching Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Horseshoe Lagoon, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with the typical person holding a Certificate III or IV. At 8.6%, the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
8.6% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Lagoon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 31.5%. Management and commerce accounts for 12.0% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 60 students. This government school also has a much lower advantage score than most similar 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).
60
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
925
Lower than 84% 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 Lagoon
1 school — 60 students, average ICSEA 925.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Giru State School, Giru | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 60 | 925 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Horseshoe Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31363/horseshoe-lagoon/topic/education