40.8% ▲ +45.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Innisfail · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Innisfail
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Innisfail have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 40.8% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure. These figures suggest a local workforce that relies more on trade and school-level certificates than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is lower than most areas, with 18.6% of people leaving school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Innisfail, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 9.3% of adults, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, trade qualifications are common, with 30.9% of the community holding a Certificate III or IV.
9.3% ▲ +49.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 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 Innisfail, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification include management and commerce at 11.2%, followed by health at 10.8% and engineering at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Innisfail has 7 schools within 3 km, which is more than 79% of similar areas. While school sizes are around the middle for this level, the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
17.65
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
348
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
906
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Innisfail
7 schools — 2,437 students, average ICSEA 906.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Good Counsel College, Innisfail | Catholic | Secondary | 0.3 km | 414 | 982 |
| Good Counsel Primary School, Innisfail | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 340 | 1,001 |
| Innisfail State School, Innisfail | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 117 | 771 |
| Innisfail State College, Innisfail Estate | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 951 | 889 |
| Innisfail East State School, East Innisfail | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 148 | 814 |
| Goondi State School, Goondi Bend | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 330 | 919 |
| Radiant Life College, East Innisfail | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 137 | 749 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31398/innisfail/topic/education