48.0% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Manunda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Manunda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Average levels of schooling and degrees define Manunda, where outcomes sit around the middle for its level. Only 48% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than across the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are well below the state average, with only 48% of people completing Year 12. About 19.6% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 12.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Manunda, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are far below the Australian average, with only 14% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.9% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +37.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Manunda, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area are most likely to have studied Engineering (13.7%) or Society and Culture (13.4%), followed by Management and Commerce at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Manunda has a high number of schools for its size, with 15 located within 3km. These schools are among the largest at this level, with over half being government-run.
6.02
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
996
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Manunda
15 schools — 14,938 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Cairns School of Distance Education, Manunda | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 3,692 | 1,024 |
| Trinity Bay State High School, Manunda | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,784 | 908 |
| The BUSY School, Cairns | Independent | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,780 | 975 |
| Cairns West State School, Manunda | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 481 | 784 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 382 | 953 |
| Edge Hill State School, Edge Hill | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 864 | 1,016 |
| Parramatta State School, Parramatta Park | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 482 | 887 |
| Cairns State High School, Cairns North | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 1,636 | 1,019 |
| Mother of Good Counsel School, Cairns North | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 354 | 1,091 |
| St Joseph's School, Parramatta Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 348 | 1,029 |
| Balaclava State School, Mooroobool | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 381 | 797 |
| St Augustine's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 777 | 1,060 |
| Whitfield State School, Whitfield | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 774 | 974 |
| St Monica's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 697 | 1,058 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Earlville | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 506 | 1,025 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Manunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31755/manunda/topic/education