30.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Debateable · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Debateable
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Mount Debateable than in most similar areas. Only 30.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is mirrored in higher education, with no adults in the area holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 30.8% of people finished Year 12, while 33.3% stopped at Year 10. These rates are far below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Debateable, Year 10 is the majority at 52%; Year 12 is next at 48%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Mount Debateable, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 62%, ahead of Architecture & building (23%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are typically smaller and have a much lower advantage score than most other areas.
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).
109
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Debateable
3 schools — 326 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Burnett State College, Gayndah | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 158 | 923 |
| Gayndah State School, Gayndah | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 97 | 881 |
| St Joseph's School, Gayndah | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 71 | 1,003 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Debateable [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31955/mount-debateable/topic/education