29.1% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Silky Oak · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Silky Oak
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Silky Oak have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 29.1% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 29.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Silky Oak splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 11 at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 5.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, nearly half of all highest qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
5.3% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Silky Oak, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 74%; Graduate diploma / certificate is next at 9%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 21.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, more than most similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than in other places. Government schools make up 75% of the sector here.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
298
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Silky Oak
4 schools — 1,191 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Tully State High School, Tully | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 721 | 925 |
| Tully State School, Tully | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 268 | 885 |
| St Clare's School, Tully | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 170 | 1,008 |
| Lower Tully State School, Lower Tully | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 32 | 923 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Silky Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32562/silky-oak/topic/education