33.3% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Valkyrie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Valkyrie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty per cent of people in Valkyrie who have a qualification studied agriculture and the environment. While many residents have not finished high school, a fair few have gone on to achieve university degrees or trade certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of schooling reached here is Year 10, at 40.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Valkyrie, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Trade certificates are common, with 44% of qualified residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
17.5% ▲ +162.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Valkyrie splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (44%) and Bachelor degree (40%), with Certificate I / II at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across a few main areas, with 24% each in engineering and education, and 16% in management and commerce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Valkyrie has one government primary school within 3km, though it is among the smallest schools at this level with an average size of 14 students.
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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
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 Valkyrie
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Valkyrie State School, Valkyrie | Government | Primary | 15.8 km | 14 | 963 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Valkyrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32929/valkyrie/topic/education