43.8% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Victoria Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Victoria Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification rates than most similar areas define Victoria Plains, where only 5.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a place where vocational training is far more common than university education, and far fewer people have finished high school compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest school year reached is Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 32.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Victoria Plains, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 5.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Instead, nearly half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IVs at 49.7%.
5.9% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Victoria Plains, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 31.8%, followed by Education at 12.1% and Management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three primary schools, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These are all government schools and are much smaller than most, with an average size of 34 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
34
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Victoria Plains
3 schools — 102 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| North Eton State School, North Eton | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 29 | 957 |
| Eton State School, Eton | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 36 | 931 |
| Homebush State School, Homebush | Government | Primary | 7.4 km | 37 | 962 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Victoria Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32941/victoria-plains/topic/education