32.2% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meandarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meandarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Meandarra. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country, with only 11% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with only 32.2% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meandarra, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, as the 11% with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Australian average. Certificates III and IV are the most typical qualification, held by 29.6% of adults.
11.0% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Meandarra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Agriculture and Environment are the most frequent at 12%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 9.6% and Education at 8.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school. While the average school size of 26 is much lower than most areas, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in many similar places.
38.46
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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meandarra
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Meandarra State School, Meandarra | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 26 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meandarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31797/meandarra/topic/education