52.9% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Paradise Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Paradise Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of education shape daily life in Paradise Point, where residents are more likely to hold degrees than people in most similar areas. While many adults have a university qualification, the proportion who finished Year 12 is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 52.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the 58.8% national average. This rate is also lower than the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Paradise Point, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, with 19.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, this is still a little below the Queensland average of 21.9%.
19.9% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Paradise Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 21.3%, followed by engineering and related studies at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two primary schools serve the area, both of which are quite large. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,041, which is much higher than most other areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
698
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,041
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Paradise Point
2 schools — 1,395 students, average ICSEA 1,041.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Coombabah State School, Coombabah | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 730 | 1,009 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Runaway Bay | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 665 | 1,076 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Paradise Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32269/paradise-point/topic/education