56.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Iron Range · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Iron Range
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Iron Range have remained steady, with more than half of the population completing Year 12. While school completion matches state levels, there is a significant gap in higher education, with no residents holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 56.7% of people finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Iron Range, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults here hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Iron Range, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Certificate I / II is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across a few fields, with Management and Commerce and Food, Hospitality and Personal Services both at 20%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government combined school, which is smaller than most schools in similar areas and has one of the lowest advantage scores.
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).
141
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
635
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Iron Range
1 school — 141 students, average ICSEA 635.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Lockhart State School, Lockhart River | Government | Combined | 11.7 km | 141 | 635 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Iron Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31407/iron-range/topic/education