67.8% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
King Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in King Scrub
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees have become more common in King Scrub since 2011. Now, 67.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far above the Queensland figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is much more common here than in most areas, with 67.8% of residents completing their senior year. This is 11 points higher than the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In King Scrub, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are also well above the national figure, with 29.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas.
29.6% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →King Scrub splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering is the most common field of study at 20.2%, followed by education at 14.5% and management and commerce at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary government school that has a much higher advantage score than most areas. The school's average size of 322 students is around the middle for its level.
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).
322
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,043
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving King Scrub
1 school — 322 students, average ICSEA 1,043.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dayboro State School, Dayboro | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 322 | 1,043 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in King Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31540/king-scrub/topic/education