44.7% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Jukes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Jukes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mount Jukes have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This pattern of lower formal schooling carries through to higher education, where degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, a result far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 29.9% of the community finished Year 10, while 10.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Jukes, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 9.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.4% of residents.
9.7% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Jukes, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 27.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.2% and Health at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is run by the government. With an average size of 80 students, this school is much smaller than those in most other 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).
80
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% 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 Jukes
1 school — 80 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Seaforth State School, Seaforth | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 80 | 951 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Jukes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31976/mount-jukes/topic/education