54.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Vale View · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher rates of qualification than most similar areas define Vale View, though these figures remain well below national levels. Around 17.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than the Australian figure of 26.3%.
Highest year of school completed.
Over half of residents finished Year 12, a result that is higher than in most similar areas. At 54.7%, this is still a little below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
54.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Vale View, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of adults. While the area performs better than similar places, the 17.7% of people with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the national average.
17.7% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Vale View, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study are management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by engineering and health, which both sit around 15%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Vale View has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, with two primary government schools located within 3km. These schools are generally smaller than those in most other areas.
11.90
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
118
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
2 schools — 236 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Vale View State School, Vale View | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 74 | 994 |
| Wyreema State School, Wyreema | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 162 | 953 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Vale View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32927/vale-view/topic/education