37.2% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Preston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Preston have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 37.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in the low number of higher qualifications across the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 34.4% of the population reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Preston splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 6.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 47.8%.
6.7% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Preston, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 23.9%, followed by architecture and building at 12.0% and health at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of Preston, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32363/preston/topic/education