47.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mission Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mission Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Mission Beach have remained steady over the last decade, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 47.7% of residents have completed Year 12, while 15.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, where the figure is 58.8%. Roughly 22.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mission Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less frequent here than in the rest of Queensland, where 21.9% of adults hold one. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.2% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Mission Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both accounting for 12.3% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is about the same size as other schools in similar areas.
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).
296
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mission Beach
1 school — 296 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mission Beach State School, Wongaling Beach | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 296 | 991 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31863/mission-beach/topic/education