48.9% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Noosa North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Noosa North Shore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates than most similar areas mark Noosa North Shore, though it still lags behind state and national figures. Only 48.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Australian average of 58.8%. This creates a profile where many adults have left school early or hold vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 48.9%, completed Year 12, which is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 20.4% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Noosa North Shore, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than across the country, with just 13.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 29.4% of people.
13.8% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 North Shore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 13.5%, followed by management and commerce at 11.7%. Architecture, building and education each account for 10.4% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 592 students. There are five schools within 3km of the area, and the school advantage score is much higher than most other similar places.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
592
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,072
Higher than 85% 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 North Shore
5 schools — 2,958 students, average ICSEA 1,072.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Tewantin State School, Tewantin | Government | Primary | 13.2 km | 560 | 1,018 |
| St Teresa's Catholic College, Noosaville | Catholic | Secondary | 14.9 km | 801 | 1,066 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosaville | Independent | Combined | 15.3 km | 1,121 | 1,117 |
| Noosaville State School, Noosaville | Government | Primary | 15.3 km | 418 | 1,039 |
| Montessori Noosa, Sunshine Beach | Independent | Primary | 15.8 km | 58 | 1,057 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Noosa North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32161/noosa-north-shore/topic/education