46.2% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Freestone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Freestone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Upper Freestone have finished high school compared to the state and national figures. Only 46.2% of people here completed Year 12, and bachelor degrees are far less common than in the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The percentage of people who finished Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 26.2% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 18.5% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Freestone, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 13.2% of adults, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificates III and IV are common here, held by 20.5% of the population.
13.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Upper Freestone splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are diverse, with 20.5% in engineering and 15.4% in both natural sciences and society and culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is a government facility with a very small average size of 6 students. This school has an advantage score of 923, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
6
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% 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 Freestone
1 school — 6 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Maryvale State School, Maryvale | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 6 | 923 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Freestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32908/upper-freestone/topic/education