79.4% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 76.8%
- 2021: 79.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sherwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly qualified residents set Sherwood apart from most similar areas. Nearly half of all adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, and almost 80% of the population finished Year 12, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are very high here, with 79.4% of people completing Year 12. This is 22 percentage points higher than the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sherwood, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A striking 47.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Postgraduate degrees are also common, held by 17.8% of residents.
47.4% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 47.4%
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 Sherwood, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 45%, followed by Postgraduate degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 23.9%, followed by society and culture at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Sherwood has some of the largest and most advantaged schools compared to similar areas. While there are 26 schools within 3km, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other areas.
0.94
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
753
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,132
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sherwood
26 schools — 19,570 students, average ICSEA 1,132.
By sector: Government 15 · Catholic 7 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 16 · Combined 6 · Secondary 4
| Sherwood State School, Sherwood | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 630 | 1,139 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Corinda | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 488 | 1,118 |
| St Aidan's Anglican Girls School, Corinda | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 1,075 | 1,168 |
| Christ the King School, Graceville | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 225 | 1,127 |
| Graceville State School, Graceville | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 676 | 1,156 |
| Corinda State High School, Corinda | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 2,125 | 1,060 |
| Fig Tree Pocket State School, Fig Tree Pocket | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 477 | 1,169 |
| Milpera State High School, Chelmer | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 333 | 911 |
| Mancel College, Fig Tree Pocket | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 223 | 1,084 |
| Brisbane Montessori School, Fig Tree Pocket | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 189 | 1,128 |
| Barrett Adolescent Centre Special School, Tennyson | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 35 | — |
| Corinda State School, Corinda | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 620 | 1,115 |
| St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 2,330 | 1,183 |
| Ambrose Treacy College, Indooroopilly | Catholic | Combined | 2.9 km | 1,273 | 1,139 |
| Indooroopilly State High School, Indooroopilly | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 2,924 | 1,138 |
| Brigidine College, Indooroopilly | Catholic | Combined | 3.3 km | 980 | 1,129 |
| St Sebastian's Primary School, Yeronga | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 117 | 1,113 |
| Holy Family Primary School, Indooroopilly | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 118 | 1,142 |
| Rocklea State School, Rocklea | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 69 | 963 |
| Ironside State School, St Lucia | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 895 | 1,178 |
| St Brendan's Primary School, Moorooka | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 76 | 1,001 |
| Indooroopilly State School, Indooroopilly | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 1,326 | 1,165 |
| Oxley State School, Oxley | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 383 | 1,051 |
| Yeronga State School, Yeronga | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 741 | 1,126 |
| Kenmore South State School, Kenmore | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 684 | 1,170 |
| Moorooka State School, Moorooka | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 558 | 1,088 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32554/sherwood/topic/education