38.3% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hughenden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hughenden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.3% of people in Hughenden finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in school completion is reflected in the qualification levels, with far fewer adults holding university degrees compared to the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 38.3%, which is much lower than most similar areas. About 26.2% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 14.4% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hughenden, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.6% of the population, which is far below the national average. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of residents.
9.6% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Hughenden, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering at 15.9%, followed by Education at 10.3% and Management and Commerce at 9.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hughenden has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size of 74 is much lower than typical. The town is split evenly between government and Catholic schools.
9.35
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
74
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
913
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hughenden
2 schools — 147 students, average ICSEA 913.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Hughenden State School, Hughenden | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 115 | 891 |
| St Francis Catholic School, Hughenden | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 32 | 993 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hughenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31369/hughenden/topic/education