33.8% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maryborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Maryborough from the national average in Year 12 completion. This highlights a significant trend toward lower formal schooling and qualification levels compared to the rest of Australia. Only 7.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.8% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 32.9% of people stopping at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Holding a bachelor degree or higher is uncommon here, at just 7.8%, which is far below the 21.9% seen across Queensland. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 42.1% of the group.
7.8% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Maryborough, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 15.5%. Other frequent areas of study include Society and Culture at 13.9% and Management and Commerce at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger than those in most similar areas, with 13 schools located within 3 km of residents. Government schools make up the vast majority of the sector at 76.9%.
3.82
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
431
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
960
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maryborough
13 schools — 5,602 students, average ICSEA 960.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Maryborough West State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 269 | 918 |
| Maryborough Special School, Maryborough | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 75 | 946 |
| Maryborough State High School, Maryborough | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 1,214 | 952 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Maryborough | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 359 | 1,005 |
| Maryborough Central State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 157 | 863 |
| Aldridge State High School, Maryborough | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 581 | 932 |
| Sunbury State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 210 | 900 |
| St Mary's College, Maryborough | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 313 | 1,010 |
| Granville State School, Granville | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 212 | 902 |
| Albert State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 126 | 899 |
| St Helens State School, St Helens | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 305 | 951 |
| Riverside Christian College, Maryborough | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,329 | 1,004 |
| Tinana State School, Tinana | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 452 | 961 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31778/maryborough/topic/education