50.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Victoria Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Victoria Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school advantage scores than most similar areas define Victoria Point, despite many adults lacking a degree. Only 15.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 50.4% of people here completed Year 12, a result that is well below both the Queensland (57.1%) and Australian (58.8%) figures. About 28.1% of residents finished Year 10 as their last year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Victoria Point, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Most residents hold a Certificate III or IV (38.1%) or a diploma (18.7%). The 15.5% of adults with a university degree is well below the Queensland average of 21.9%.
15.5% ▲ +48.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Victoria Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce (18.4%) and engineering (17.9%). Other typical fields of study include society and culture, health, and education.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the largest for this level and have a high average advantage score. There are 8 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.73
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
915
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
Higher than 74% 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 Point
8 schools — 7,320 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Faith Lutheran College - Redlands, Victoria Point | Independent | Primary | 0.7 km | 1,102 | 1,055 |
| Victoria Point State School, Victoria Point | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 389 | 960 |
| St Rita's Primary School, Victoria Point | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 388 | 1,039 |
| Victoria Point State High School, Victoria Point | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,111 | 965 |
| Carmel College, Thornlands | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,220 | 1,045 |
| Bay View State School, Thornlands | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 809 | 1,008 |
| Redland Bay State School, Redland Bay | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 820 | 997 |
| Sheldon College, Sheldon | Independent | Combined | 5.5 km | 1,481 | 1,124 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Victoria Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32943/victoria-point/topic/education