49.0% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Packers Camp · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Packers Camp
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just under half of the residents in Packers Camp have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. This reflects a mixed educational profile where university degrees are relatively common, though overall school completion rates sit well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 49% of people completed Year 12, this is well below the 58.8% national average. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 17.7% and Year 9 or below at 7.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Packers Camp, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
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 still a little below the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.4% of residents.
20.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 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 Packers Camp, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Postgraduate degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 18.8%. Health and Management and commerce both follow at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent, combined school within 3 km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. However, the school is much smaller than most others with an average size of 63 students and a very low advantage score.
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).
63
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
885
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Packers Camp
1 school — 63 students, average ICSEA 885.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Cairns Adventist College, Gordonvale | Independent | Combined | 6.0 km | 63 | 885 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Packers Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32249/packers-camp/topic/education