37.7% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Summit · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Summit
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in The Summit have completed high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where bachelor degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 37.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 31% of residents stopped at Year 10, and another 13.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Summit, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 4.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are more common, with 45.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
4.7% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 The Summit, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are education at 12.2% and engineering and related services at 11.6%. Architecture and building follow at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The Summit has 3 primary schools, giving it a much higher number of schools per child than most areas. However, these schools are much smaller than usual, with an average size of just 38 students.
12.50
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
38
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 75% 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 Summit
3 schools — 115 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| The Summit State School, The Summit | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 15 | 967 |
| Applethorpe State School, Applethorpe | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 79 | 952 |
| Thulimbah State School, Thulimbah | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 21 | 904 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32805/the-summit/topic/education