27.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pilerwa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pilerwa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27% of Pilerwa residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where few people have pursued high-level academic paths, with no adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, with the lowest proportion of graduates found among similar areas. Instead, nearly 30% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pilerwa splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (46%) and Year 12 (42%), with Year 11 at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, as 0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are certificates and diplomas, each held by about 18.5% of the group.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Pilerwa splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (38%) and Certificate III / IV (38%), with Certificate I / II at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 18.5%, followed by management and commerce at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 55 students. This school also has a much lower advantage score than 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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pilerwa
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mungar State School, Mungar | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 55 | 923 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pilerwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32315/pilerwa/topic/education