38.2% ▲ +28.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pittsworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pittsworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification rates than most similar areas define Pittsworth. Only 38.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, with the area seeing significantly fewer university degrees than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 38.2%, which is far below both Queensland's 57.1% and the Australian average. Roughly 28.3% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 13.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pittsworth, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.5% of residents.
9.5% ▲ +51.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Pittsworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 17.0%. Management and commerce follow at 12.0%, while society, culture, health, and education each make up around 8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pittsworth has three schools within 3km, more than 70% of similar areas. These include a mix of government and Catholic schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
4.42
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
335
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pittsworth
3 schools — 1,004 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Stephen's School, Pittsworth | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 195 | 1,013 |
| Pittsworth State School, Pittsworth | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 303 | 966 |
| Pittsworth State High School, Pittsworth | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 506 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pittsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32336/pittsworth/topic/education