43.4% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Paddys Green · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Paddys Green
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling than most similar areas define Paddys Green, where only 43.4% of residents have finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community with fewer high-level academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Nearly 20% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 13.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Paddys Green, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 6.6% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of residents.
6.6% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Paddys Green, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 17.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government secondary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 886, among the lowest for its level.
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).
721
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
886
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 Paddys Green
1 school — 721 students, average ICSEA 886.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Mareeba State High School, Mareeba | Government | Secondary | 18.9 km | 721 | 886 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Paddys Green [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32251/paddys-green/topic/education