40.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Gums · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Gums
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 4.4% of adults in The Gums hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This suggests a community with very low levels of university education. Most residents have focused on practical skills rather than high-level academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 40.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 34.6% of people having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Gums, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (41%) and Year 9 or below (6%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 22.5% of residents. This helps explain why the share of people with university degrees is far below the Queensland average.
4.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 The Gums, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are often practical, with Agriculture and environment being the most common field of study at 12.7%, followed by Engineering at 9.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The Gums has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas. While the school's advantage score is much lower than most, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in similar places.
31.25
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving The Gums
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| The Gums State School, The Gums | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 36 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Gums [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32793/the-gums/topic/education