44.6% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Prospect
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults hold university degrees in Prospect than in most similar areas. Only 12.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This trend is mirrored in school results, where the share of people finishing Year 12 is much lower than across Queensland.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 44.6%, completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Other common outcomes include 27.5% finishing Year 10 and 11.8% finishing Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Prospect, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 50.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of people with a bachelor degree is well below the state average.
12.1% ▲ +87.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Prospect, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 29.2%, followed by management and commerce at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Prospect has a high number of schools for its size, with 13.16 schools per 1,000 children. There are five schools within 3 km, and most are government primary schools.
13.16
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
264
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Prospect
5 schools — 1,321 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Prospect Creek State School, Prospect | Government | Primary | 11.5 km | 20 | 993 |
| Redeemer Lutheran College, Biloela, Biloela | Independent | Combined | 16.6 km | 317 | 1,008 |
| Biloela State School, Biloela | Government | Primary | 16.6 km | 289 | 901 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Biloela | Catholic | Primary | 16.7 km | 166 | 1,001 |
| Biloela State High School, Biloela | Government | Secondary | 16.7 km | 529 | 954 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32369/prospect/topic/education