45.3% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Laravale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Laravale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A lack of higher qualifications shapes the professional landscape in Laravale, where only 7.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, marking it as an area with much lower academic attainment than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer residents here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with just 45.3% completing Year 12. This is far below both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Laravale, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational certificates are common, with 37.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why bachelor degrees are so rare here, sitting far below the state average by 15 points.
7.1% ▲ +45.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Laravale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 19.3%, followed by society and culture at 14.8% and health at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. However, the typical school size is smaller than most areas, and the average school advantage score is also lower.
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).
130
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Laravale
1 school — 130 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tamrookum State School, Tamrookum | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 130 | 973 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Laravale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31640/laravale/topic/education