37.0% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mena Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mena Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 33% of qualified adults in Mena Creek hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification in the area. Education levels are generally lower than the state and national figures, with few residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mena Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 8.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
8.4% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Mena Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 13.8%, followed by management and commerce at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mena Creek has a high number of schools per child, though the local government primary school is very small with a typical size of just 19 students.
20.83
Higher than 88% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
907
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mena Creek
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 907.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mena Creek State School, Mena Creek | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 19 | 907 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mena Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31803/mena-creek/topic/education