26.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Helens · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Helens
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in St Helens finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 26.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is more than 30 points lower than the Queensland average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest level of schooling for 30% of residents. This helps explain why the 26.7% who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Helens, Year 10 is the majority at 53%; Year 12 is next at 47%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
16.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
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 St Helens, Bachelor degree is the majority at 63%; Certificate III / IV is next at 38%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 18%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a count that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32641/st-helens/topic/education