42.7% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Southside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Southside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Southside have completed high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.7% of people finished Year 12, which is a gap of 16 percentage points below the national figure. This trend extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.7%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 30.4% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 13.3% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Southside, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 41.7% of the total.
11.0% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Southside, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related trades at 16.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.3% and Society and culture at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Southside has 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. Most are government schools (71.4%), with an average size of 406 students, which is higher than most areas.
1.91
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
406
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Southside
14 schools — 5,685 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Gympie South State School, Southside | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 518 | 955 |
| Cooloola Christian College, Gympie | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 537 | 1,013 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Gympie | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 346 | 1,039 |
| St Patrick's College, Gympie | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 514 | 1,037 |
| Gympie Central State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 138 | 931 |
| One Mile State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 316 | 925 |
| Jones Hill State School, Jones Hill | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 482 | 990 |
| Gympie State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,012 | 955 |
| James Nash State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,027 | 976 |
| Monkland State School, Monkland | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 128 | 922 |
| Gympie Flexible School, Gympie | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 103 | 880 |
| Gympie Special School, Gympie | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 88 | 962 |
| Gympie West State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 384 | 948 |
| Two Mile State School, Two Mile | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 92 | 913 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Southside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32612/southside/topic/education