43.0% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stoneleigh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stoneleigh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Stoneleigh have remained largely steady over the last decade, though they stay well below state and national averages. Only 43% of residents completed Year 12, and just 9.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Stoneleigh finished high school compared to the wider community, with the 43% completion rate sitting far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 28% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stoneleigh, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas. Just 9.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
9.2% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Stoneleigh, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 27.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, more than about 70% of similar areas. These include two primary and one secondary school, with a typical size of 335 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
335
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stoneleigh
3 schools — 1,004 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Pittsworth State High School, Pittsworth | Government | Secondary | 6.5 km | 506 | 955 |
| Pittsworth State School, Pittsworth | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 303 | 966 |
| St Stephen's School, Pittsworth | Catholic | Primary | 7.4 km | 195 | 1,013 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stoneleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32671/stoneleigh/topic/education