36.5% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inkerman · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Inkerman
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Inkerman hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where few residents have finished high school and university degrees are entirely absent. Most people here have a vocational qualification instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Roughly 31.7% of the population left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inkerman, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common, with 56.8% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV. This contrast is sharp compared to the same area's lack of university degrees.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Inkerman, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 84%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread evenly across a few fields, with Engineering, Health, and Society and Culture each making up 16.2% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km, though they have a much lower advantage score and are smaller than most areas. Half are government-run and half are Catholic.
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).
142
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
921
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 Inkerman
2 schools — 283 students, average ICSEA 921.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Home Hill State High School, Home Hill | Government | Secondary | 8.8 km | 165 | 891 |
| St Colman's Catholic School, Home Hill | Catholic | Primary | 10.0 km | 118 | 964 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Inkerman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31396/inkerman/topic/education