57.1% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meringandan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meringandan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Meringandan hold a bachelor degree compared to the national average, though school completion is strong. While only 12.5% of adults have a university degree, 57.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is at 57.1%, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meringandan, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 12.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.2% of residents.
12.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Meringandan, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Meringandan are most often in Management and commerce at 18.9% or Engineering and related fields at 18.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three schools are located within 3km of the area, with an average school size of 701 students, which is among the highest for this level.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
701
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,026
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meringandan
3 schools — 2,102 students, average ICSEA 1,026.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Meringandan State School, Meringandan West | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 260 | 1,018 |
| Highfields State Secondary College, Highfields | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 795 | 1,001 |
| Mary MacKillop Catholic College, Highfields | Catholic | Combined | 5.6 km | 1,047 | 1,046 |
Sources
More for Meringandan
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meringandan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31808/meringandan/topic/education