51.7% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sunset · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sunset
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 11.9% of adults in Sunset hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This lack of university qualifications is reflected in school results, where the area is also well below state and national levels for Year 12 completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sunset, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification, with 46.6% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why bachelor degrees are far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
11.9% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Sunset, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Sunset are heavily weighted towards technical and professional fields, with Engineering and related subjects making up 24.9% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3km, which is more than 83% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is among the lowest for its level.
3.64
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
266
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
872
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sunset
11 schools — 2,923 students, average ICSEA 872.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Mount Isa Flexible School, Sunset | Catholic | Secondary | 0.1 km | 53 | 736 |
| Sunset State School, Sunset | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 257 | 727 |
| St Kieran's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 140 | 858 |
| Mount Isa School of the Air, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 175 | 1,009 |
| Mount Isa Special School, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 35 | 877 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic College, Mount Isa | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 434 | 978 |
| Mount Isa Central State School, Mount Isa | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 211 | 791 |
| Townview State School, Townview | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 209 | 776 |
| Barkly Highway State School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 266 | 935 |
| Healy State School, Healy | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 217 | 887 |
| Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training Precinct, Parkside | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 926 | 866 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sunset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32698/sunset/topic/education