57.7% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount St John · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount St John
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Mount St John from the national figure for adults with a bachelor degree. While over half the population has finished Year 12, very few residents hold high-level university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most people here have completed Year 12, with 57.7% finishing school. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount St John, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 3.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are common, held by 56.1% of residents.
3.1% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 St John, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 74%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 9%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 43.9%, followed by society and culture at 14.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 8 schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most in other areas, though their advantage scores are much lower.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
458
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% 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 St John
8 schools — 3,666 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Eaton College, Mount Louisa | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 27 | 967 |
| Calvary Christian College, Mount Louisa | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,128 | 1,020 |
| Garbutt State School, Garbutt | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 78 | 775 |
| St Clare's Catholic School, Burdell | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 714 | 1,022 |
| Heatley Secondary College, Heatley | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 715 | 862 |
| Townsville Christian College, Vincent | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 442 | 871 |
| Vincent State School, Vincent | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 132 | 772 |
| Currajong State School, Gulliver | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 430 | 904 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount St John [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32021/mount-st-john/topic/education