55.0% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Strathpine · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Strathpine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Strathpine have finished Year 12 than in most similar areas, though the local rate of 55% remains well below the national figure. This shift toward higher school completion is a key feature of the area's educational profile. Overall, qualifications in the suburb are more likely to be trade-based than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average. Other common outcomes include 23% finishing Year 10 and 9.5% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Strathpine, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 38% of adults. Only 15.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.7% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Strathpine, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 18.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Strathpine has 17 schools within 3 km, which is more than 87% of similar areas. While these schools are among the largest at this level with an average of 693 students, there are only 1.49 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas.
1.49
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
693
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,024
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Strathpine
17 schools — 11,783 students, average ICSEA 1,024.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Pine Rivers State High School, Strathpine | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 902 | 960 |
| Strathpine State School, Strathpine | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 372 | 976 |
| Bray Park State School, Bray Park | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 480 | 973 |
| Strathpine West State School, Strathpine | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 419 | 966 |
| Holy Spirit School, Bray Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 484 | 1,031 |
| YOS Lawnton, Lawnton | Independent | Secondary | 2.1 km | 132 | 915 |
| Pine Rivers Special School, Lawnton | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 348 | 1,009 |
| St Paul's School, Bald Hills | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 1,283 | 1,141 |
| Bray Park State High School, Bray Park | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,830 | 991 |
| Lawnton State School, Lawnton | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 643 | 967 |
| Bald Hills State School, Bald Hills | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 624 | 1,042 |
| Genesis Christian College, Bray Park | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,618 | 1,099 |
| Norris Road State School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 588 | 1,012 |
| Our Lady of the Way School, Petrie | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 246 | 1,037 |
| Petrie State School, Petrie | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 492 | 973 |
| Mt Maria College - Petrie, Petrie | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 403 | 1,015 |
| Undurba State School, Murrumba Downs | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 919 | 1,012 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Strathpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32680/strathpine/topic/education