49.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Margate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of qualified adults in Margate hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While more people here have finished Year 12 than in many similar areas, this is still well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this 49.7% figure is well below the Queensland average of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Margate, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.8%, which is around the middle for its level. This is well below the national figure of 26.3% and the state's 21.9%.
16.8% ▲ +51.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Margate, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.6% and society and culture at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Margate has 11 schools within 3km, more than 83% of similar areas, though there are among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children. Most are government primary schools, with an average size of 520 students.
0.82
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
520
Higher than 74% 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 Margate
11 schools — 5,724 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 9 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 4
| Humpybong State School, Margate | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 565 | 974 |
| Edu Space Redcliffe, Redcliffe | Independent | Secondary | 1.5 km | 30 | 883 |
| Woody Point Special School, Woody Point | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 129 | 985 |
| Clontarf Beach State High School, Clontarf | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 877 | 948 |
| Grace Lutheran Primary School, Clontarf | Independent | Primary | 1.9 km | 479 | 1,090 |
| Kippa-Ring State School, Kippa-Ring | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 274 | 899 |
| Redcliffe State High School, Redcliffe | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,444 | 1,004 |
| Redcliffe Special School, Redcliffe | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 89 | 957 |
| Clontarf Beach State School, Clontarf | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 425 | 969 |
| Scarborough State School, Scarborough | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 776 | 1,015 |
| Hercules Road State School, Kippa-Ring | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 636 | 951 |
Sources
More for Margate
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31764/margate/topic/education