70.8% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Mount Gravatt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly educated residents define Upper Mount Gravatt, where qualification levels are much higher than most similar areas. More than a third of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, reflecting a strong trend of advanced learning across the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far above the national figure, with 70.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is 12 points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Mount Gravatt, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 34.7% of adults, which is far above the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Graduate and postgraduate degrees are also common, with 14.2% of residents holding the latter.
34.7% ▲ +56.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 34.7%
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 Upper Mount Gravatt, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 22.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,087, which is much higher than most areas. There are 36 schools within 3km, and most are government-run primary schools.
3.16
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
36
Higher than 89% 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).
714
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,087
Higher than 89% 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 Mount Gravatt
36 schools — 25,699 students, average ICSEA 1,087.
By sector: Government 23 · Catholic 7 · Independent 6
By type: Primary 21 · Secondary 9 · Combined 6
| Upper Mount Gravatt State School, Upper Mount Gravatt | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 498 | 1,042 |
| St Bernard's School, Upper Mount Gravatt | Catholic | Primary | 0.2 km | 181 | 1,066 |
| Clairvaux MacKillop College, Upper Mount Gravatt | Catholic | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,215 | 1,070 |
| St John of Kronstadt Academy, Upper Mount Gravatt | Independent | Primary | 0.7 km | 21 | 1,087 |
| MacGregor State High School, Macgregor | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,297 | 1,037 |
| St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Wishart | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 520 | 1,110 |
| Wishart State School, Wishart | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 1,100 | 1,124 |
| Yarranlea Primary School, Mount Gravatt | Independent | Primary | 1.9 km | 58 | 1,146 |
| MacGregor State School, Macgregor | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 1,212 | 1,102 |
| Brisbane Adventist College, Mansfield | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 587 | 1,072 |
| Mount Gravatt State High School, Mount Gravatt | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,217 | 1,079 |
| Robertson State School, Robertson | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 732 | 1,128 |
| Mount Gravatt State School, Mount Gravatt | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 259 | 1,051 |
| St Agnes School, Mount Gravatt | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 455 | 1,106 |
| Nursery Road State Special School, Holland Park West | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 158 | 1,034 |
| Mount Gravatt East State School, Mount Gravatt East | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 251 | 1,000 |
| Mansfield State High School, Mansfield | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 3,807 | 1,116 |
| Sunnybank State High School, Sunnybank | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 641 | 963 |
| Mansfield State School, Mansfield | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 1,212 | 1,116 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Sunnybank | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 560 | 1,099 |
| Holland Park State High School, Holland Park West | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 529 | 1,055 |
| Seville Road State School, Holland Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 111 | 970 |
| Carinity Education - Southside, Sunnybank | Independent | Secondary | 3.4 km | 121 | 936 |
| Sunnybank State School, Sunnybank | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 317 | 1,003 |
| Warrigal Road State School, Eight Mile Plains | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 1,159 | 1,085 |
| Sunnybank Special School, Sunnybank | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 112 | 1,028 |
| Marshall Road State School, Holland Park West | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 499 | 1,135 |
| Brisbane Christian College, Salisbury | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,118 | 1,109 |
| Citipointe Christian College, Carindale | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 1,805 | 1,166 |
| Runcorn State High School, Runcorn | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 838 | 973 |
| St Pius X School, Salisbury | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 166 | 1,093 |
| St Joachim's School, Holland Park | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 333 | 1,124 |
| Mackenzie State Primary School, Mackenzie | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 183 | 1,086 |
| Mackenzie State Special School, Mackenzie | Government | Combined | 4.5 km | 118 | 1,045 |
| Rochedale State High School, Rochedale | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,547 | 1,034 |
| Wellers Hill State School, Tarragindi | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 762 | 1,139 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32914/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/education