31.8% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Marshlands · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school in Marshlands than in the rest of the country. Only 31.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 31.8% of residents finishing. Another 27.3% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
31.8% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Marshlands, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 46%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Marshlands, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 38%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 27%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Marshlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31776/marshlands/topic/education