49.0% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Silkstone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Silkstone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Silkstone have finished Year 12, which is well below the national figure. This trend continues into higher education, where the proportion of people with a university degree is far lower than the Australian average. It is an area where trade and vocational certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 49.0% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well below the Queensland and national averages. Many people left school earlier, with 25.4% finishing Year 10 and 12.9% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Silkstone, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of the population, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common high qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.7% of residents.
13.5% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Silkstone, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most popular fields are management and commerce at 15.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.6% and society and culture at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Silkstone has schools that are much larger than most similar areas, with an average size of 566 students. While there are 22 schools within 3km, there are only 2.68 schools per 1,000 children, which is lower than most areas.
2.68
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 87% 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).
566
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Silkstone
22 schools — 12,452 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 5 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 6 · Secondary 6
| Claremont Special School, Silkstone | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 199 | 964 |
| Silkstone State School, Silkstone | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 675 | 937 |
| Sacred Heart School, Booval | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 548 | 1,022 |
| Bundamba State School, Bundamba | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 374 | 897 |
| Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School, East Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,047 | 1,122 |
| Raceview State School, Raceview | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 679 | 933 |
| Ipswich East State School, East Ipswich | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 287 | 878 |
| Ipswich Central State School, Ipswich | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 529 | 980 |
| Bethany Lutheran Primary School, Raceview | Independent | Primary | 2.1 km | 356 | 1,062 |
| Ipswich Flexible School, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 111 | 892 |
| Ipswich Special School, Ipswich | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 108 | 962 |
| Bundamba State Secondary College, Bundamba | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 794 | 896 |
| Y Schools Queensland - Ipswich, Bundamba | Independent | Secondary | 2.9 km | 173 | 880 |
| The Industry School - Ipswich, North Ipswich | Independent | Secondary | 3.3 km | 208 | 1,017 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Woodend | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 556 | 1,041 |
| Ipswich North State School, North Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 206 | 904 |
| Bremer State High School, Ipswich | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 2,020 | 938 |
| St Mary's College, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 730 | 1,033 |
| Ipswich West Special School, West Ipswich | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 135 | 950 |
| St Edmund's College, Woodend | Catholic | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,171 | 1,049 |
| Ipswich West State School, West Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 210 | 947 |
| Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,336 | 1,114 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Silkstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32560/silkstone/topic/education