57.4% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Point Arkwright · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Point Arkwright
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a quarter of adults in Point Arkwright hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is well above the Queensland figure. This sparsely populated area shows a strong trend toward higher education, with many residents holding professional qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Point Arkwright, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 27.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is a little above the national average.
27.6% ▲ +56.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 Point Arkwright, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related studies at 13.6%, followed by management and commerce at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than most and has a school advantage score much higher 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).
1,004
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,046
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Point Arkwright
1 school — 1,004 students, average ICSEA 1,046.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coolum State School, Coolum Beach | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 1,004 | 1,046 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Point Arkwright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32342/point-arkwright/topic/education