44.2% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Long Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Long Pocket
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Long Pocket have finished high school or university than the state or national average. Only 44.2% of people have completed Year 12, and university degrees are uncommon. This creates a significant education gap compared to the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 44.2%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. This is around the middle for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Long Pocket, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 56.5% of the total.
8.4% ▲ +56.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Long Pocket, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 25.8%, followed by Education at 16.1% and Society and Culture at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one Catholic secondary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. However, it has a much smaller average size of 78 students and an advantage score among the lowest at this 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).
78
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
691
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 Long Pocket
1 school — 78 students, average ICSEA 691.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Secondary 1
| St Teresa's College, Abergowrie | Catholic | Secondary | 8.9 km | 78 | 691 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Long Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31684/long-pocket/topic/education