47.4% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peak Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Peak Crossing
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Peak Crossing. This is an area where formal schooling and university degrees are far less common than in the rest of Queensland and Australia. Only 11.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 47.4%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% and well below the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Peak Crossing, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with the 11.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher being far below the Australian average. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV (43.2%) or a diploma (16%).
11.6% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Peak Crossing, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related topics at 18.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These are both government schools with a typical size of 108 students.
4.29
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
108
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Peak Crossing
2 schools — 215 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Peak Crossing State School, Peak Crossing | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 174 | 981 |
| Harrisville State School, Harrisville | Government | Primary | 9.2 km | 41 | 964 |
Sources
More for Peak Crossing
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Peak Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32288/peak-crossing/topic/education