32.7% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ravenshoe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ravenshoe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Ravenshoe has remained modest over the last decade, with only 32.7% of people completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The area generally has lower levels of formal schooling and higher-level degrees compared to both Queensland and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen across Queensland. About 30.6% of the population stopped after Year 10, while 14.1% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ravenshoe splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with bachelor degrees or higher held by just 8.3% of adults. This is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.2%.
8.3% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Ravenshoe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related studies at 16.0%, followed by Society and Culture at 9.0% and Education at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ravenshoe has a high number of schools for its child population, with 10.20 schools per 1,000 children. The two local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic providers, though they are smaller than most areas and have some of the lowest advantage scores.
10.20
Higher than 75% 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).
218
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
866
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ravenshoe
2 schools — 436 students, average ICSEA 866.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Ravenshoe State School, Ravenshoe | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 351 | 848 |
| St Teresa's School, Ravenshoe | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 85 | 939 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ravenshoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32396/ravenshoe/topic/education