42.5% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.4%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
O'Connell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in O'Connell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in O'Connell have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 42.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a bachelor's degree is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.5%, which is far below both the state and national figures. For those who did not finish school, the most common highest level reached was Year 10 at 23.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In O'Connell, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 12.4%, which is well below the Queensland average. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 36.8% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.4% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 O'Connell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in O'Connell are most often in Engineering and related fields at 21.5%, followed by Architecture and building at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one independent combined school, which is smaller than most others with an average size of 125 students.
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).
125
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving O'Connell
1 school — 125 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Faith Baptist Christian School, Burua | Independent | Combined | 5.1 km | 125 | 981 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in O'Connell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32203/o-connell/topic/education