35.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Silverleaf · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Silverleaf
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school or university compared to most areas, making Silverleaf a place with much lower formal education levels. Only 35.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is uncommon here, with only 35.2% doing so. This is far below both the Queensland (57.1%) and Australian (58.8%) figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →Silverleaf splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is also less common, with only 11.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Silverleaf, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health and Management and Commerce both at 12.9%, followed by Agriculture and Environment and Society and Culture at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school. This school is much smaller than those in most other similar areas, with a typical size of 77 students.
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).
77
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Silverleaf
1 school — 77 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wheatlands State School, Wheatlands | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 77 | 926 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Silverleaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32569/silverleaf/topic/education