35.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shell Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shell Pocket
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Shell Pocket have finished high school or gone to university than in most other areas. Only 35.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local workforce where trade certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average, with only 35.9% of people finishing. About 26.6% of residents stopped at Year 10, and a further 25% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Shell Pocket, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, nearly half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
6.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 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 Shell Pocket, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Certificate I / II is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Common fields of study for those with qualifications include engineering, food and hospitality, and agriculture and environment, which each account for 13.5% to 16.2% of the group.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is a government-run facility. This school is much smaller than most, with a typical size of just 32 students and a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
918
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 Shell Pocket
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 918.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| El Arish State School, El Arish | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 32 | 918 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shell Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32551/shell-pocket/topic/education