37.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maroon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maroon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower number of residents in Maroon have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.8% of people here completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, with few residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Maroon finished Year 12 than in the rest of Queensland, where the state figure is 57.1%. About 33.9% of residents topped out at Year 10, while 13.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Maroon splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 11.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though over a third of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Maroon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Health, both at 13.6%. Management and commerce follow at 12.1%, while 10.6% studied food, hospitality and personal services.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Maroon has one small government primary school, which is among the smallest of its kind. While there are more schools per child here than in most similar areas, the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
40.00
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
975
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maroon
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 975.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Maroon State School, Maroon | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 11 | 975 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31773/maroon/topic/education