25.8% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Proston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Proston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school in Proston compared to most similar areas. Only 25.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest at this level, sitting at 25.8%, which is 33 points lower than the Australian average. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 32.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Proston, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.7% of residents.
7.8% ▲ +53.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Proston, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 12.8%, followed by Education at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Proston has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is smaller than usual. The local school is a government-run combined primary and secondary school.
20.00
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
116
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Proston
1 school — 116 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Proston State School, Proston | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 116 | 908 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32370/proston/topic/education