45.9% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Manoora · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Manoora
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the adults in Manoora have finished Year 12, a figure that has remained well below the national average. This trend is reflected in the qualifications data, where university degrees are far less common than in the rest of Queensland.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. About 19% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Manoora, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 12.5% of adults, which is well below the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.4% of people.
12.5% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Manoora, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 13.5%, followed closely by society and culture at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Manoora has more schools within 3km than 85% of similar areas, with 14 in total. These include a mix of government (57.1%) and Catholic (35.7%) schools, with the average school being quite large at 1,017 students.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
1,017
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Manoora
14 schools — 14,241 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 5 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 382 | 953 |
| Cairns West State School, Manunda | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 481 | 784 |
| Whitfield State School, Whitfield | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 774 | 974 |
| Edge Hill State School, Edge Hill | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 864 | 1,016 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education, Manunda | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 3,692 | 1,024 |
| Trinity Bay State High School, Manunda | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 1,784 | 908 |
| The BUSY School, Cairns | Independent | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,780 | 975 |
| Balaclava State School, Mooroobool | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 381 | 797 |
| Mother of Good Counsel School, Cairns North | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 354 | 1,091 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Earlville | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 506 | 1,025 |
| Parramatta State School, Parramatta Park | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 482 | 887 |
| Cairns State High School, Cairns North | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,636 | 1,019 |
| St Joseph's School, Parramatta Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 348 | 1,029 |
| St Augustine's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 777 | 1,060 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Manoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31751/manoora/topic/education