32.2% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Netherdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Netherdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Netherdale has remained consistently low across recent censuses. Only 32.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low level of formal schooling is reflected in the small number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than most areas, with only 32.2% of people completing Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10, at 41.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Netherdale, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 4.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35% of residents.
4.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Netherdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most frequent fields are Engineering at 20%, followed by Management and Commerce and Food, Hospitality and Personal Services, both at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is very small with an average size of 19 students. The school advantage score is lower than most 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).
19
Lower than 96% 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 Netherdale
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Eungella State School, Eungella | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 19 | 951 |
Sources
More for Netherdale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Netherdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32121/netherdale/topic/education