54.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Iredale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Iredale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About one in four adults in Iredale holds a bachelor degree or higher, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This suggests a well-qualified local population, despite a lower percentage of residents completing Year 12 compared to the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly 54.5% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Iredale, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 24.1% of the population, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
24.1% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Iredale splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 20.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 19.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary government schools, though they are much smaller than those in most areas with an average size of 70 students.
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).
70
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
953
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Iredale
2 schools — 140 students, average ICSEA 953.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Helidon State School, Helidon | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 103 | 938 |
| Flagstone Creek State School, Flagstone Creek | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 37 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Iredale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31406/iredale/topic/education