46.0% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
West Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in West Gladstone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 46% of adults in West Gladstone have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lower rate of secondary completion is mirrored in higher education, with a much smaller share of residents holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below those of Queensland and Australia. For those who did not finish school, the most common exit point was Year 10, where 28.4% of residents stopped.
Highest year of school
View on map →In West Gladstone, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well below the state average. Trade qualifications are far more common here, with 43.2% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.9% ▲ +27.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 West Gladstone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications, accounting for 25% of degrees and certificates. Management and commerce follow at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
West Gladstone has 12 schools within 3km, more than about 84% of similar areas. These schools tend to be much larger than most, with an average size of 657 students.
4.73
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
657
Higher than 88% 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).
Schools serving West Gladstone
12 schools — 7,882 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Gladstone West State School, West Gladstone | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 642 | 938 |
| Rosella Park School, West Gladstone | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 87 | 942 |
| Gladstone State High School, West Gladstone | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,239 | 938 |
| Chanel College, Gladstone | Catholic | Secondary | 1.0 km | 854 | 1,031 |
| Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Gladstone | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 339 | 1,044 |
| Trinity College, Gladstone | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 607 | 1,034 |
| Gladstone Central State School, Gladstone Central | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 356 | 989 |
| Kin Kora State School, Kin Kora | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 783 | 929 |
| Gladstone South State School, South Gladstone | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 458 | 897 |
| Toolooa State High School, South Gladstone | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,165 | 950 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Gladstone | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 649 | 1,023 |
| Clinton State School, Clinton | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 703 | 914 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33035/west-gladstone/topic/education