24.0% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ravenswood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 24% of people in Ravenswood finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This lack of formal schooling is mirrored in the low number of university degrees. Most residents here have a trade qualification rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest of any similar area at 24%, which is 35 points lower than the Australian figure. Many residents left school earlier, with 18.3% finishing Year 10 and 15.2% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ravenswood, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 5.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 25.6%.
5.5% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Ravenswood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is engineering and related studies at 14.7%. Other common areas of study include society and culture at 6.4% and agriculture and environment at 4.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school with a very small average size of just 7 students. While the school advantage score is much lower than most areas, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in most similar places.
41.67
Higher than 99% 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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ravenswood
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ravenswood State School, Ravenswood | Government | Primary | 13.6 km | 7 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32397/ravenswood/topic/education