39.6% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Prairie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 40% of people in Prairie have completed Year 12, which is the most common level of schooling for the area. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community where fewer residents have finished high school or pursued higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.6% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. Other common outcomes include 28.1% reaching Year 10 and 13.5% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Prairie, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 9.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.7% of the population.
9.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 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 Prairie, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are varied, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 26.8%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school with a small average size of 13 students. This school's advantage score is higher than most similar 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Prairie
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Prairie State School, Prairie | Government | Primary | 52.0 km | 13 | 1,017 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32358/prairie/topic/education