62.7% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pacific Pines · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pacific Pines
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher rates of school completion than most similar areas define Pacific Pines, where 62.7% of people finished Year 12. While the own community is well-educated, the share of adults with a university degree is lower than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A significant 62.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is well above both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pacific Pines, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.4% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 Pacific Pines, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 20.6%, followed by engineering at 13.3% and society and culture at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the largest in the region and have a much higher advantage score than most areas. There are 9 schools within 3km, though there are few schools overall for every 1,000 children.
1.01
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
1,000
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,038
Higher than 74% 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 Pines
9 schools — 9,004 students, average ICSEA 1,038.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Pacific Pines State School, Pacific Pines | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 759 | 1,016 |
| Pacific Pines State High School, Pacific Pines | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 2,193 | 1,009 |
| Jubilee Primary School, Pacific Pines | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 720 | 1,058 |
| Park Lake State School, Pacific Pines | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 901 | 1,032 |
| Gaven State School, Oxenford | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 463 | 987 |
| Helensvale State School, Helensvale | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 871 | 1,015 |
| A B Paterson College, Arundel | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 1,652 | 1,123 |
| Oxenford State School, Oxenford | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 520 | 993 |
| Arundel State School, Arundel | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 925 | 1,035 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pacific Pines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32248/pacific-pines/topic/education