26.8% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South East Nanango · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South East Nanango
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.8% of people in South East Nanango have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest levels of school completion in the region, a trend that carries through to higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%, with 29.9% of residents instead listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →South East Nanango splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.7% of residents.
8.8% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 South East Nanango, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 14.2%, followed by management and commerce at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school within 3km of the area, though its average advantage score of 914 is much lower 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).
334
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
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 South East Nanango
1 school — 334 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nanango State School, Nanango | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 334 | 914 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South East Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32588/south-east-nanango/topic/education