48.8% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parknook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parknook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
University qualifications are much more common in Parknook than in most similar areas, with 28.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. While high-level degrees are frequent, this is contrasted by a much lower rate of high school completion compared to the state and national figures. It is a place where professional qualifications stand out despite lower school finishing rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and well below Queensland's 57.1%. This is a higher rate than most similar areas, though about 23.3% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parknook, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 28.6% of adults, which is well above the Queensland figure of 21.9% and a little above the Australian average. Nearly half of all qualifications here are bachelor degrees.
28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 Parknook, Bachelor degree is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are agriculture and environment, education, and management and commerce, each making up 20% to 24% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government-run combined school within 3km, which is smaller than most similar areas with an average size of 85 students. The average school advantage score of 922 is much lower than in most areas.
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).
85
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parknook
1 school — 85 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Surat State School, Surat | Government | Combined | 31.0 km | 85 | 922 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parknook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32276/parknook/topic/education