41.4% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pozieres · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pozieres
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Pozieres have finished high school or university compared to most of the country, which shapes the local skill set. Only 41.4% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, with 25.9% of residents having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pozieres, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 11.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.4% of adults.
11.6% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Pozieres, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce at 15.1% and Agriculture and Environment at 14.0% being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is very small with just 22 students. Both available schools are government primary schools.
32.26
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pozieres
2 schools — 43 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Pozieres State School, Pozieres | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 22 | 1,003 |
| Thulimbah State School, Thulimbah | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 21 | 904 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pozieres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32357/pozieres/topic/education