40.6% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Isla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Isla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Isla have completed high school or university compared to most of the country. Only 40.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a local trend where many adults have left school earlier or hold trade certificates instead of degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below those in Queensland and Australia. About 31.5% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling, while 9.1% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Isla, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are more frequent at 27.5%.
10.7% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Isla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Health at 14.7% and Engineering at 13.7%, followed by Education at 10.8% and Management and commerce at 6.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school has an average size of 150 students and an advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
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).
150
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Isla
1 school — 150 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Theodore State School, Theodore | Government | Combined | 22.8 km | 150 | 947 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Isla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31417/isla/topic/education