32.2% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Miriam Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Miriam Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates the number of people in Miriam Vale who finished Year 12 from the national figure. This is an area where formal education levels are much lower than most others, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest school level reached is Year 10, at 33.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Miriam Vale splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 4.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.5% of people.
4.8% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Miriam Vale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 23%, followed by Society and Culture at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Miriam Vale has a much higher number of schools per child than most areas, though the average school size is lower. There is one government-run combined school within 3 km, which has a much lower advantage score than most areas.
14.08
Higher than 82% 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).
123
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
909
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 Miriam Vale
1 school — 123 students, average ICSEA 909.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Miriam Vale State School, Miriam Vale | Government | Combined | 0.6 km | 123 | 909 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Miriam Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31860/miriam-vale/topic/education