46.8% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
West Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in West Mackay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of qualified adults in West Mackay hold a Certificate III or IV. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 46.8% completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished Year 12 compared to the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. About 23.9% of residents reached Year 10, while 10.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In West Mackay, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.2%, which is well below the Queensland average of 21.9% and far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Mackay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 20.4%, followed by health at 13.3% and management and commerce at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
West Mackay has a larger number of schools within 3km than about 87% of similar areas, though the schools here are much larger than most. Government schools make up 47.1% of the sector, with Catholic schools accounting for 41.2%.
2.73
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
668
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 54% 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 Mackay
17 schools — 11,354 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 6 · Combined 1
| Mackay West State School, West Mackay | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 770 | 980 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, Mackay West | Catholic | Primary | 0.3 km | 569 | 1,031 |
| Catherine McAuley College, Mackay | Catholic | Secondary | 1.3 km | 606 | 1,026 |
| Mackay State High School, South Mackay | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,254 | 936 |
| Mackay Central State School, Mackay | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 216 | 908 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Mackay South | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 384 | 1,050 |
| Kutta Mulla Gorinna Special Assistance School, Mackay | Independent | Secondary | 2.4 km | 75 | 811 |
| St Patrick's College, Mackay | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,394 | 1,009 |
| Victoria Park State School, East Mackay | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 602 | 927 |
| Glenella State School, Glenella | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 234 | 977 |
| Mackay North State School, North Mackay | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 401 | 933 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Mackay | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 349 | 1,016 |
| Fitzgerald State School, North Mackay | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 632 | 955 |
| Mackay North State High School, North Mackay | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 1,253 | 958 |
| Mackay Christian College, North Mackay | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 879 | 1,000 |
| Holy Spirit College, Mount Pleasant | Catholic | Secondary | 4.5 km | 1,139 | 1,023 |
| Emmanuel Catholic Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 597 | 1,025 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33038/west-mackay/topic/education