41.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ryan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ryan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling shape the local workforce in Ryan, where only 41% of residents finished Year 12. This gap is far below the national figure, meaning most adults here rely on trade certificates rather than university degrees to get by.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is far less common here than across Queensland, with only 41% of people completing it. This is 18 points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ryan, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, half of the community's highest qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
6.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Ryan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The local skill set is heavily geared towards technical work, with 31.5% of qualifications being in engineering and related fields.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are nine schools within 3 km, more than about 81% of similar areas. These schools are typically smaller than most others and have some of the lowest advantage scores.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
198
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
874
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ryan
9 schools — 1,780 students, average ICSEA 874.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Barkly Highway State School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 266 | 935 |
| Sunset State School, Sunset | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 257 | 727 |
| St Kieran's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 140 | 858 |
| Mount Isa Flexible School, Sunset | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 53 | 736 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic College, Mount Isa | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 434 | 978 |
| Mount Isa School of the Air, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 175 | 1,009 |
| Mount Isa Central State School, Mount Isa | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 211 | 791 |
| Mount Isa Special School, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 35 | 877 |
| Townview State School, Townview | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 209 | 776 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ryan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32498/ryan/topic/education