53.2% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parkside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parkside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Parkside have finished high school than in most similar areas, though the typical resident's level of education remains lower than the state and national figures. While a good portion of the population has a Certificate III or IV, only 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 53.2%, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parkside, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.2% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Parkside, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 26.9%, followed by health at 13.1% and management and commerce at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Parkside is well served by 13 schools within 3km, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools (69.2%), and the average school size is 279 students.
6.06
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
279
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
890
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 Parkside
13 schools — 3,623 students, average ICSEA 890.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training Precinct, Parkside | Government | Secondary | 0.3 km | 926 | 866 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 313 | 1,010 |
| Happy Valley State School, Happy Valley | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 387 | 927 |
| Healy State School, Healy | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 217 | 887 |
| Mount Isa Central State School, Mount Isa | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 211 | 791 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic College, Mount Isa | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 434 | 978 |
| Townview State School, Townview | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 209 | 776 |
| Mount Isa School of the Air, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 175 | 1,009 |
| Mount Isa Special School, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 35 | 877 |
| St Kieran's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 140 | 858 |
| Barkly Highway State School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 266 | 935 |
| Mount Isa Flexible School, Sunset | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 53 | 736 |
| Sunset State School, Sunset | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 257 | 727 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parkside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32277/parkside/topic/education