49.4% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Caboolture · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Caboolture
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Upper Caboolture, held by 46.3% of residents. The area has a lower rate of university degrees and school completions than the state and national figures. Overall, it is an area where practical and trade-based qualifications are more common than higher academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents (49.4%) have completed Year 12, which is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is higher than most similar areas, though 28% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Caboolture, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV (46.3%) or a diploma (16.3%).
11.1% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Upper Caboolture, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most likely to have studied Engineering (17.9%) or Management and Commerce (17.3%), followed by Society and Culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Upper Caboolture has more schools within 3km than about 81% of similar areas, with nine local schools. These schools are typically much larger than those in other areas, and two-thirds are government run.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
570
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upper Caboolture
9 schools — 5,133 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 2
| Minimbah State School, Morayfield | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 668 | 949 |
| Bellmere State School, Bellmere | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 695 | 946 |
| Morayfield State School, Morayfield | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 455 | 895 |
| Caboolture Special School, Caboolture South | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 197 | 962 |
| Morayfield State High School, Morayfield | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 1,654 | 939 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Primary School, Caboolture | Independent | Primary | 5.9 km | 339 | 1,042 |
| Caboolture State School, Caboolture | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 254 | 888 |
| Horizons College of Learning and Enrichment, Caboolture | Independent | Secondary | 6.3 km | 225 | 918 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Caboolture | Catholic | Primary | 6.4 km | 646 | 1,018 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Caboolture [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32901/upper-caboolture/topic/education