63.7% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Noosa Heads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Noosa Heads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees make Noosa Heads a very well-educated place to live. Nearly 64% of people have finished Year 12, which is well above both the Queensland and national figures. This creates a local environment where a high proportion of adults hold professional qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than most areas, with 63.7% of residents finishing school. This is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Noosa Heads, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 30.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the 21.9% seen in Queensland and 26.3% across Australia. The most common qualification is a bachelor degree at 31.0%.
30.7% ▲ +58.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
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 Noosa Heads, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Certificate III / IV (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 21.5%, followed by health at 12.2% and society and culture at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The six schools within 3km are larger than those in most similar areas and have a much higher average advantage score. The local sector is split evenly, with government, Catholic, and independent schools each making up a third of the total.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
662
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,075
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Noosa Heads
6 schools — 3,970 students, average ICSEA 1,075.
By sector: Independent 2 · Catholic 2 · Government 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Montessori Noosa, Sunshine Beach | Independent | Primary | 0.5 km | 58 | 1,057 |
| Noosa Flexible School, Sunshine Beach | Catholic | Secondary | 0.7 km | 102 | 958 |
| Sunshine Beach State School, Sunshine Beach | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 706 | 1,083 |
| St Thomas More Primary School, Sunshine Beach | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 578 | 1,086 |
| Sunshine Beach State High School, Sunshine Beach | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,405 | 1,043 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosaville | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 1,121 | 1,117 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32160/noosa-heads/topic/education