39.5% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pin Gin Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pin Gin Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school or university in Pin Gin Hill compared to most other areas. Only 39.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on practical experience than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The rate of people completing Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure, with only 39.5% reaching this milestone. A significant portion of the population left school earlier, as 32.5% had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pin Gin Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade certificates are more common here, with 41.1% of qualifications being a Certificate III or IV.
12.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Pin Gin Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees, the most common fields of study are Engineering (29.5%) and Management and Commerce (15.8%), followed by Society and Culture at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one Catholic primary school within 3km, though it is smaller than schools in most other similar areas. This school also has a lower average 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).
107
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pin Gin Hill
1 school — 107 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Rita's School, South Johnstone | Catholic | Primary | 6.1 km | 107 | 970 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pin Gin Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32320/pin-gin-hill/topic/education