66.8% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mysterton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mysterton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Mysterton have completed high school and university than in most similar areas. This high level of education is seen in the 31.5% of adults who hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high here at 66.8%, which is well above the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mysterton, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A typical adult is more likely to hold a high-level qualification than those in most other areas, with 29.5% holding a bachelor degree and 11.6% having a postgraduate degree.
31.5% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 Mysterton, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with health (16.4%) and management and commerce (15.1%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mysterton has more nearby schools than about 90% of similar areas, with 21 schools within 3km and an average school size of 546 students.
21
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).
546
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mysterton
21 schools — 11,472 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 5 · Combined 5
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Mundingburra | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 356 | 1,078 |
| Hermit Park State School, Hyde Park | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 630 | 1,028 |
| Mundingburra State School, Mundingburra | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 506 | 965 |
| Pimlico State High School, Gulliver | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,465 | 987 |
| St Margaret Mary's College, Hyde Park | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 707 | 1,014 |
| Marian Catholic School, Currajong | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 374 | 1,042 |
| The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James, Mundingburra | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,205 | 1,100 |
| Currajong State School, Gulliver | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 430 | 904 |
| Townsville Flexible School, West End | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 204 | 842 |
| Townsville State High School, Railway Estate | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 841 | 924 |
| Townsville West State School, West End | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 111 | 866 |
| Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School, Mundingburra | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 198 | 930 |
| Railway Estate State School, Railway Estate | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 179 | 916 |
| Oonoonba State School, Idalia | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 525 | 995 |
| Townsville Christian College, Vincent | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 442 | 871 |
| Vincent State School, Vincent | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 132 | 772 |
| William Ross State High School, Annandale | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 862 | 955 |
| Annandale Christian College, Annandale | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 687 | 1,069 |
| Southern Cross Catholic College, Annandale | Catholic | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,479 | 1,048 |
| Garbutt State School, Garbutt | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 78 | 775 |
| Riverside Adventist School, Aitkenvale | Independent | Primary | 3.4 km | 61 | 1,011 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mysterton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32097/mysterton/topic/education