29.3% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Perry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Perry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Mount Perry have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 29.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a larger proportion of the local population relies on trade certificates or earlier school leaver status for their working lives.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average at 29.3%, with the most common highest year of schooling being Year 10 at 31.8%. About 17.9% of residents finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mount Perry splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in similar areas, with only 7.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification, held by 32.1% of residents.
7.9% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Perry, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for those with degrees or diplomas are engineering and related subjects at 20.9%, followed by management and commerce at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than the average school in similar areas. While the town has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, the average school advantage score is much lower than in most other areas.
15.15
Higher than 84% 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).
52
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
910
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 Mount Perry
1 school — 52 students, average ICSEA 910.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Perry State School, Mount Perry | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 52 | 910 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Perry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32012/mount-perry/topic/education