45.9% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seventeen Seventy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Seventeen Seventy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Seventeen Seventy have completed Year 12, reflecting a local trend toward trade and vocational skills. This is seen in the gap between local schooling levels and the national average, where only 45.9% of residents finished high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. Roughly a third of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Seventeen Seventy, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 39%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the rest of the country, with 17.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement at 24.6%.
17.1% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Seventeen Seventy splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in engineering and related fields at 21.7%, followed by education at 17.4% and health at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three schools are located within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are typically small, with an average of 208 students, and two-thirds are independent primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
208
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Seventeen Seventy
3 schools — 624 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Goora Gan Steiner School, Agnes Water | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 69 | 1,024 |
| Discovery Christian College, Agnes Water | Independent | Combined | 5.2 km | 345 | 1,020 |
| Agnes Water State School, Agnes Water | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 210 | 972 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seventeen Seventy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32540/seventeen-seventy/topic/education