40.2% ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rollingstone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rollingstone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Rollingstone than in most other areas, with only 40.2% completing Year 12. This gap is much wider than across Queensland and Australia, reflecting a community where many residents left school before the final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Roughly 27.1% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 13.1% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rollingstone, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.7% of the population, which is well below the Queensland average. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.4% of residents.
12.7% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Rollingstone, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 24.6%. Other common areas of study include Management and commerce at 14.8%, followed by Health and Society and culture both at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Rollingstone has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than in most areas. The only school serving the area is a government primary school.
45.45
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).
68
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rollingstone
1 school — 68 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Rollingstone State School, Rollingstone | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 68 | 945 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rollingstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32463/rollingstone/topic/education