45.1% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Placid Hills · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Placid Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling and degrees mark Placid Hills as an area that sits well below state and national trends. Only 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Placid Hills finished high school compared to other areas, with only 45.1% completing Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Placid Hills, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 44.9% of residents. This helps explain why the proportion of people with university degrees is much lower than the national average.
10.7% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Placid Hills, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 21.6%, followed by management and commerce at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3 km, which is more than most similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is 945, which is much lower than most areas.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
345
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Placid Hills
6 schools — 2,072 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Tent Hill Lower State School, Lower Tenthill | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 75 | 985 |
| Grantham State School, Grantham | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 73 | 925 |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Gatton | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 246 | 999 |
| Peace Lutheran Primary School, Gatton | Independent | Primary | 3.9 km | 329 | 999 |
| Lockyer District State High School, Gatton | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 950 | 941 |
| Gatton State School, Gatton | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 399 | 875 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Placid Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32338/placid-hills/topic/education