46.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quilpie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quilpie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates the 46.4% of Quilpie residents who finished Year 12 from the national figure. This reflects a broader trend in the area, where school and university completion rates are much lower than across Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the state and national rates. About 31% of the community left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Quilpie, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.3% of residents.
11.8% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Quilpie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Quilpie are spread across several fields, with the highest proportions in engineering and related services at 13.7% and education at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools for its population, with 17.54 per 1,000 children. These schools are typically very small, averaging just 41 students, and are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
17.54
Higher than 86% 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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
839
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Quilpie
2 schools — 81 students, average ICSEA 839.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Finbarr's School, Quilpie | Catholic | Primary | 19.2 km | 31 | 932 |
| Quilpie State College, Quilpie | Government | Combined | 19.3 km | 50 | 782 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quilpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32377/quilpie/topic/education