59.5% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parramatta Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parramatta Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher rates of high school and university completion than most similar areas define Parramatta Park. About 60% of residents finished Year 12, and nearly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than in most similar areas, with 59.5% of residents finishing school, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parramatta Park, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.5% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Queensland average.
23.5% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Parramatta Park splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (35%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce (15.4%) and society and culture (12.5%), followed by engineering and related fields at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local children have more options than most, with 6.79 schools per 1,000 children and 14 schools within 3 km. The typical school is large, with an average of 1,031 students.
6.79
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
1,031
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parramatta Park
14 schools — 14,432 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 5 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Parramatta State School, Parramatta Park | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 482 | 887 |
| St Joseph's School, Parramatta Park | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 348 | 1,029 |
| St Augustine's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 0.6 km | 777 | 1,060 |
| The BUSY School, Cairns | Independent | Secondary | 0.8 km | 1,780 | 975 |
| Cairns State High School, Cairns North | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,636 | 1,019 |
| St Monica's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 697 | 1,058 |
| Trinity Bay State High School, Manunda | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,784 | 908 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education, Manunda | Government | Combined | 1.4 km | 3,692 | 1,024 |
| Cairns West State School, Manunda | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 481 | 784 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 382 | 953 |
| Balaclava State School, Mooroobool | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 381 | 797 |
| Mother of Good Counsel School, Cairns North | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 354 | 1,091 |
| Edge Hill State School, Edge Hill | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 864 | 1,016 |
| Whitfield State School, Whitfield | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 774 | 974 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parramatta Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32279/parramatta-park/topic/education