40.0% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Racecourse · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Racecourse
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Racecourse finished high school compared to the state or national average. Only 40% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 17 points below Queensland and 19 points below Australia. This trend of lower school completion is mirrored in the local qualification rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. About 35% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 12% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Racecourse splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.1% of the population, which is well below the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.4% of residents.
12.1% ▲ +83.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 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 Racecourse, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 36.1%, followed by Education at 13.9% and Management and commerce at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3km, which is more than 77% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 592 students.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
592
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Racecourse
6 schools — 3,550 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2
| Catherine McAuley College, Mackay | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 606 | 1,026 |
| Mackay West State School, West Mackay | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 770 | 980 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, Mackay West | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 569 | 1,031 |
| Dundula State School, Bakers Creek | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 117 | 921 |
| Mackay State High School, South Mackay | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 1,254 | 936 |
| Glenella State School, Glenella | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 234 | 977 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Racecourse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32380/racecourse/topic/education