44.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rifle Range · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rifle Range
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 15 percentage points separates Rifle Range from the national average in Year 12 completion. This reflects a community where fewer people have finished high school or earned university degrees compared to the rest of Australia. The local education profile is dominated by trade certificates rather than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 34% of the community stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rifle Range, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. Trade qualifications are far more common, with 45% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
8.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 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 Rifle Range, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 26.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 18.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. All local schools are government-run, though they are typically smaller and have much lower advantage scores than most areas.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
104
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
919
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 Rifle Range
4 schools — 414 students, average ICSEA 919.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 4
| Clarendon State School, Clarendon | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 64 | 943 |
| Tarampa State School, Tarampa | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 93 | 961 |
| Mount Tarampa State School, Mount Tarampa | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 60 | 871 |
| Lowood State School, Lowood | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 197 | 906 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rifle Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32429/rifle-range/topic/education