56.4% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meikleville Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meikleville Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of education than most similar areas shape daily life in Meikleville Hill. Around 23.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is a little above the Queensland average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents finished Year 12, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas. At 56.4%, this is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meikleville Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 23.8% of adults, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 30.4% of people.
23.8% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 Meikleville Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Engineering and related fields are the most common at 17.8%, followed by Health at 14.6% and Management and commerce at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Five schools are located within 3 km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 675 students.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
675
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meikleville Hill
5 schools — 3,373 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Catholic 3 · Government 2
By type: Secondary 3 · Primary 2
| Yeppoon State School, Yeppoon | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 301 | 945 |
| St Ursula's College, Yeppoon | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 606 | 1,014 |
| St Brendan's College, Yeppoon | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,034 | 994 |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, Yeppoon | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 370 | 1,052 |
| Yeppoon State High School, Yeppoon | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 1,062 | 958 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meikleville Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31798/meikleville-hill/topic/education