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Pioneers Rest · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Pioneers Rest

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Fewer residents in Pioneers Rest have completed high school than in most other areas, with only 31.7% finishing Year 12. This creates a distinct educational profile for the area compared to the rest of the state and country. While university degrees are less common, many adults have instead pursued vocational qualifications.

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Where Pioneers Rest sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

12.7% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pioneers Rest — lower than 58% of areas.

Pioneers Rest12.7%
4650, QLD 8.3%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 31.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 35.0%.

Completed Year 12

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31.7% —

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Pioneers Rest splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.

Year 10 35.0% Year 12 31.7% Year 9 or below 15.0% Year 11 8.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

About 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the state and national figures. Instead, the most common qualification is an advanced diploma or diploma, held by 44.4% of those with a qualification.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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12.7% —

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Pioneers Rest, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 41%, followed by Certificate III / IV (31%) and Bachelor degree (28%).

Advanced diploma / diploma 44.4% Certificate III / IV 33.3% Bachelor degree 29.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with architecture and building and society and culture both accounting for 14.8% of the total.

Field of qualification

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Pioneers Rest splits fairly evenly between Architecture & building (20%) and Society & culture (20%), with Agriculture & environment at 15%.

Architecture & building 14.8% Society & culture 14.8% Agriculture & environment 11.1% Health 11.1% Education 11.1% Management & commerce 11.1%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

Schools in and around Pioneers Rest — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pioneers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32334/pioneers-rest/topic/education