42.4% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inverlaw · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Inverlaw
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Inverlaw than in most similar areas, with only 42.4% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Despite this, the area has a higher proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher compared to most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. For many others, the highest year of school completed was Year 10 for 23.6% and Year 9 or below for 11.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inverlaw, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.6% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +229.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Inverlaw, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Inverlaw are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 18.8%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 16.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three schools within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These are all government schools, though they are much larger than those in most other similar areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
555
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Inverlaw
3 schools — 1,665 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Taabinga State School, Kingaroy | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 394 | 934 |
| Kingaroy State High School, Kingaroy | Government | Secondary | 8.6 km | 946 | 942 |
| Kingaroy State School, Kingaroy | Government | Primary | 8.9 km | 325 | 908 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Inverlaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31403/inverlaw/topic/education