43.7% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Victory Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Victory Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Victory Heights are around the middle for similar areas, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 7.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This describes a community where most people have practical, trade-based qualifications rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is less common here than in the wider country, with 43.7% of people finishing school, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Victory Heights, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are very common, as over half of adults hold a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why only 7.6% have a university degree, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%.
7.6% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Victory Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related topics at 22.4%, followed by Society and culture at 14.8% and Management and commerce at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3km, which is more than 83% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, with an average size of 450 students, and 63.6% are government run.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
450
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Victory Heights
11 schools — 4,953 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Gympie Special School, Gympie | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 88 | 962 |
| Gympie Flexible School, Gympie | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 103 | 880 |
| Gympie State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,012 | 955 |
| Gympie West State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 384 | 948 |
| Gympie Central State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 138 | 931 |
| One Mile State School, Gympie | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 316 | 925 |
| St Patrick's College, Gympie | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 514 | 1,037 |
| Victory College, Gympie | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 851 | 1,026 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Gympie | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 346 | 1,039 |
| James Nash State High School, Gympie | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,027 | 976 |
| Gympie East State School, Greens Creek | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 174 | 979 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Victory Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32945/victory-heights/topic/education