57.8% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parkhurst · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parkhurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates have become more common in Parkhurst since 2011. More than half of residents have finished Year 12, which is a much higher result than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.8% of people finished Year 12, which is roughly the same as the Queensland figure and just a little below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parkhurst, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.6% of adults. While 17.3% hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
17.3% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Parkhurst, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 20.5%, followed by management and commerce at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has six schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in most areas. Half of the schools are government-run and the average school size is among the highest for this level.
1.28
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
734
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parkhurst
6 schools — 4,404 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Parkhurst State School, Parkhurst | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 428 | 972 |
| Heights College, North Rockhampton | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 1,040 | 1,009 |
| Glenmore State High School, Kawana | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 646 | 910 |
| Glenmore State School, Kawana | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 351 | 841 |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, North Rockhampton | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 619 | 995 |
| Emmaus College, Park Avenue | Catholic | Secondary | 5.4 km | 1,320 | 997 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parkhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32273/parkhurst/topic/education