35.5% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maryvale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maryvale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school in Maryvale than in most similar areas. Only 35.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is also much lower than average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure, with only 35.5% of people finishing high school. About 29.8% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 19% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maryvale, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are far below the national average, with only 10.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.1% of residents.
10.9% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Maryvale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most commonly in engineering and related fields at 13.4%, followed by architecture, building and health, which both sit at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school in the area, though it is among the smallest in the region with just 6 students on average. The school's advantage score is much lower than most other areas.
21.28
Higher than 89% 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).
6
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maryvale
1 school — 6 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Maryvale State School, Maryvale | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 6 | 923 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31782/maryvale/topic/education