36.1% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ilfracombe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ilfracombe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Ilfracombe have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 36.1% completing Year 12. This lower level of formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland. About 26.9% of the population had Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ilfracombe, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.3% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.1% of residents.
9.3% ▲ +35.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Ilfracombe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13%, followed by engineering and health, both at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ilfracombe has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas. All local schooling is provided by a single government primary school with a typical size of just 9 students.
15.38
Higher than 84% 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).
9
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
892
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ilfracombe
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 892.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ilfracombe State School, Ilfracombe | Government | Primary | 18.0 km | 9 | 892 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ilfracombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31383/ilfracombe/topic/education