57.9% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newtown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of the adults in Newtown (Ipswich - Qld) have finished Year 12, with 57.9% completing their secondary schooling. This is a higher rate than most similar areas. While many residents hold vocational certificates, about one in five adults has a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are higher than most similar areas, though the 57.9% who finished Year 12 is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newtown, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.3% of residents.
21.5% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Newtown, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 16.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.2% and engineering at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Newtown has 24 schools within 3 km, which is more than 91% of similar areas. These schools are larger than those in most other areas, with government schools making up 54.2% of the sector.
24
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).
548
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newtown
24 schools — 13,162 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 6 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 12 · Combined 6 · Secondary 6
| Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School, East Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 1,047 | 1,122 |
| Silkstone State School, Silkstone | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 675 | 937 |
| Ipswich Flexible School, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 1.0 km | 111 | 892 |
| Ipswich Central State School, Ipswich | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 529 | 980 |
| Ipswich East State School, East Ipswich | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 287 | 878 |
| Ipswich Special School, Ipswich | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 108 | 962 |
| Sacred Heart School, Booval | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 548 | 1,022 |
| Claremont Special School, Silkstone | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 199 | 964 |
| The Industry School - Ipswich, North Ipswich | Independent | Secondary | 1.8 km | 208 | 1,017 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Woodend | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 556 | 1,041 |
| Ipswich North State School, North Ipswich | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 206 | 904 |
| St Mary's College, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 730 | 1,033 |
| St Edmund's College, Woodend | Catholic | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,171 | 1,049 |
| Bethany Lutheran Primary School, Raceview | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 356 | 1,062 |
| Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 1,336 | 1,114 |
| Ipswich West Special School, West Ipswich | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 135 | 950 |
| Ipswich West State School, West Ipswich | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 210 | 947 |
| Raceview State School, Raceview | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 679 | 933 |
| Bundamba State School, Bundamba | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 374 | 897 |
| Blair State School, Sadliers Crossing | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 320 | 952 |
| Bremer State High School, Ipswich | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 2,020 | 938 |
| St Joseph's School, North Ipswich | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 390 | 1,029 |
| Y Schools Queensland - Ipswich, Bundamba | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 173 | 880 |
| Bundamba State Secondary College, Bundamba | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 794 | 896 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32138/newtown/topic/education