35.1% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rolleston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rolleston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Rolleston, where 40% of adults hold one. This is a place where few residents have finished high school or university, with only 35.1% completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with only 35.1% of residents finishing their final year. Many locals left school earlier, as 34% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rolleston splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, as 0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, with most qualified residents holding trade certificates or diplomas instead.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Rolleston, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 14%, followed by management and commerce at 10%. Health and education each account for 8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Rolleston has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the local primary school is much smaller than most, with an average size of just 45 students.
33.33
Higher than 96% 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).
45
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rolleston
1 school — 45 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Rolleston State School, Rolleston | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 45 | 969 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rolleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32462/rolleston/topic/education