19.7% ▲ +88.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mission River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mission River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Mission River have completed high school or university, with only 19.7% finishing Year 12. This creates a local landscape where formal academic qualifications are far less common than in the rest of Queensland or Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is uncommon here, with only 19.7% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 20.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mission River splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (32%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area, as only 0.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, though 16.9% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
0.8% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Mission River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Certificate I / II is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Society and Culture at 5.3% and Architecture and Building at 5.0%. Engineering and Health follow at 4.2% and 3.7% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. Half are government schools, and while the typical school size is 360 students, the average school advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
3.97
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
360
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
809
Lower than 93% 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 River
4 schools — 1,440 students, average ICSEA 809.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 3 · Primary 1
| Kluthuthu Christian College, Napranum | Independent | Combined | 25.8 km | 42 | 634 |
| St Joseph's Parish School, Weipa | Catholic | Primary | 29.2 km | 161 | 949 |
| Western Cape College, Rocky Point | Government | Combined | 29.6 km | 1,010 | 820 |
| Aurukun State School, Aurukun | Government | Combined | 78.0 km | 227 | 694 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mission River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31864/mission-river/topic/education