49.7% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Pleasant
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 9 percentage points separates Mount Pleasant from the national average in Year 12 completion. This is a community where many adults have stepped into the workforce without finishing high school. While nearly half the population finished Year 12, university degrees are less common here than in the rest of Queensland.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.7% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Roughly 26.4% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 9.5% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 17% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, well below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of the population.
17.0% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Pleasant, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most popular area of study at 23.1%. Other common qualifications include management and commerce at 15.8% and health at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well served by 20 schools within 3 kilometres, a number larger than about 89% of similar areas. These schools are typically large, with an average size of 631 students, and are mostly government-run at 55%.
3.38
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
Higher than 87% 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).
631
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% 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 Pleasant
20 schools — 12,624 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 6 · Combined 4
| Glenella State School, Glenella | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 234 | 977 |
| Holy Spirit College, Mount Pleasant | Catholic | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,139 | 1,023 |
| Fitzgerald State School, North Mackay | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 632 | 955 |
| Emmanuel Catholic Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 597 | 1,025 |
| Northview State School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 331 | 991 |
| Mackay North State High School, North Mackay | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,253 | 958 |
| Carlisle Adventist College, Beaconsfield | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 281 | 990 |
| Mackay Christian College, North Mackay | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 879 | 1,000 |
| Mackay North State School, North Mackay | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 401 | 933 |
| Whitsunday Anglican School, Beaconsfield | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,151 | 1,102 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Mackay | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 349 | 1,016 |
| Mackay District Special School, Beaconsfield | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 82 | 949 |
| Beaconsfield State School, Beaconsfield | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 481 | 924 |
| St Patrick's College, Mackay | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,394 | 1,009 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, Mackay West | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 569 | 1,031 |
| Pioneer State High School, Andergrove | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 536 | 875 |
| Mackay West State School, West Mackay | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 770 | 980 |
| Mackay Central State School, Mackay | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 216 | 908 |
| Kutta Mulla Gorinna Special Assistance School, Mackay | Independent | Secondary | 4.0 km | 75 | 811 |
| Mackay State High School, South Mackay | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 1,254 | 936 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32014/mount-pleasant/topic/education