45.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Perwillowen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Perwillowen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Average results for similar areas define the educational profile of Perwillowen, though it lags behind state and national benchmarks. Only 45.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population has finished Year 12, a result far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 12 for 45.8% of people, followed by Year 10 at 34.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Perwillowen, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than elsewhere, with only 12.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 39.5%.
12.6% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Perwillowen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 16.7%. Other common areas of study include Education at 12.3%, and Architecture and building and Society and culture both at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Perwillowen has more schools within 3 km than about 80% of similar areas, with an average school size of 683 students. These schools are split evenly between government, Catholic, and independent sectors.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
683
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,024
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Perwillowen
8 schools — 5,463 students, average ICSEA 1,024.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Combined 4 · Secondary 2 · Primary 2
| St John's College, Nambour | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 927 | 1,059 |
| Nambour Special School, Burnside | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 132 | 1,002 |
| Burnside State High School, Burnside | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 809 | 988 |
| Burnside State School, Burnside | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 368 | 984 |
| Blackall Range Independent School, Kureelpa | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 108 | 1,039 |
| Nambour Christian College, Woombye | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,309 | 1,083 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Nambour | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 341 | 1,045 |
| Nambour State College, Nambour | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,469 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Perwillowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32301/perwillowen/topic/education