34.0% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
McIlwraith · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in McIlwraith
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34% of people in McIlwraith have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a broader trend of lower formal education levels across the area, where most adults hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state (57.1%) and national (58.8%) figures. The most common highest year of schooling reached is Year 10, at 35.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →McIlwraith splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 7.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while over half of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
7.1% ▲ +49.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 McIlwraith, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce (27.3%) and engineering (17.0%), followed by health at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children and four schools within 3km. All local schools are government-run, though they tend to be smaller and have much lower advantage scores than most areas.
40.00
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
180
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving McIlwraith
4 schools — 719 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| McIlwraith State School, Mcilwraith | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 20 | 1,020 |
| Gin Gin State High School, Gin Gin | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 404 | 944 |
| Maroondan State School, Maroondan | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 41 | 955 |
| Gin Gin State School, Gin Gin | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 254 | 929 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in McIlwraith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31792/mcilwraith/topic/education