53.5% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pacific Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pacific Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Pacific Heights have risen steadily since 2011, with a higher proportion of residents holding degrees than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is more qualified than those in nearby suburbs, overall schooling rates remain well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents (53.5%) finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Queensland rate of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pacific Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 31.8% of the population.
22.2% ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Pacific Heights, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in Engineering (19.1%) and Management and Commerce (16.4%). Education and Health fields also feature strongly, accounting for 12.5% and 11.7% of degrees respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pacific Heights has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with the typical school size being 534 students.
4.42
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
534
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pacific Heights
5 schools — 2,672 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Catholic 3 · Government 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, Yeppoon | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 370 | 1,052 |
| St Brendan's College, Yeppoon | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 1,034 | 994 |
| Farnborough State School, Farnborough | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 361 | 993 |
| Yeppoon State School, Yeppoon | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 301 | 945 |
| St Ursula's College, Yeppoon | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 606 | 1,014 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pacific Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32246/pacific-heights/topic/education