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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).
Upper Daintree · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Daintree
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower school advantage scores mark Upper Daintree compared to most other areas. The local education landscape is very small, with a typical school size of just 13 students.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 83%, ahead of Year 11 (42%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Daintree, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 11 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 27%, ahead of Certificate III / IV (27%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Upper Daintree splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 27%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school is among the smallest in the country, with a typical size of only 13 students.
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% 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 Daintree
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Daintree State School, Daintree | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 13 | 964 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32904/upper-daintree/topic/education