21.7% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Portsmith · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Portsmith
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification levels than most similar areas define Portsmith, where only 6.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This gap is clear in schooling too, with just 21.7% of people completing Year 12, a figure far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 21.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below both the Queensland and Australian figures. Roughly 13% of the population finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Portsmith, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 9 or below (27%) and Year 10 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by only 6.4% of adults, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 13.6%.
6.4% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Portsmith, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 9.7%, followed by Society and Culture at 3.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Portsmith has 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. These schools are generally large, with an average size of 913 students.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
913
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
980
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Portsmith
19 schools — 17,347 students, average ICSEA 980.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 7 · Combined 3
| Woree State High School, Woree | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 750 | 854 |
| Woree State School, Woree | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 530 | 860 |
| Cairns State Special School, Woree | Government | Combined | 3.6 km | 130 | 913 |
| St Mary's Catholic College, Woree | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 949 | 1,023 |
| St Gerard Majella Primary School, Woree | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 399 | 1,035 |
| Trinity Anglican School, White Rock | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,204 | 1,103 |
| St Joseph's School, Parramatta Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 348 | 1,029 |
| St Augustine's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 777 | 1,060 |
| Balaclava State School, Mooroobool | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 381 | 797 |
| Parramatta State School, Parramatta Park | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 482 | 887 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Earlville | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 506 | 1,025 |
| White Rock State School, White Rock | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 439 | 837 |
| Trinity Bay State High School, Manunda | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,784 | 908 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education, Manunda | Government | Combined | 4.7 km | 3,692 | 1,024 |
| St Monica's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 4.7 km | 697 | 1,058 |
| The BUSY School, Cairns | Independent | Secondary | 4.8 km | 1,780 | 975 |
| Cairns State High School, Cairns North | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 1,636 | 1,019 |
| Cairns West State School, Manunda | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 481 | 784 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 382 | 953 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Portsmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32354/portsmith/topic/education