48.4% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Westcourt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Westcourt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Westcourt than in the wider state or nation. Only 48.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where the area sits well below state and national levels for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population has finished Year 12, which is well below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. For those who left earlier, the most common exit point was Year 10, at 21.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Westcourt, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 16.8% of adults, a figure well below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29% of residents.
16.8% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Westcourt, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Westcourt are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 15.2%, followed by society and culture at 13.1% and engineering at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is very well served for education with 18 schools within 3km, which is more than 88% of similar areas. These schools are typically large, with an average size of 908 students.
18
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).
908
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
975
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Westcourt
18 schools — 16,348 students, average ICSEA 975.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 6 · Combined 2
| Cairns School of Distance Education, Manunda | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 3,692 | 1,024 |
| Trinity Bay State High School, Manunda | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,784 | 908 |
| The BUSY School, Cairns | Independent | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,780 | 975 |
| Balaclava State School, Mooroobool | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 381 | 797 |
| Parramatta State School, Parramatta Park | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 482 | 887 |
| Cairns West State School, Manunda | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 481 | 784 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 382 | 953 |
| St Joseph's School, Parramatta Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 348 | 1,029 |
| St Augustine's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 777 | 1,060 |
| Cairns State High School, Cairns North | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,636 | 1,019 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Earlville | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 506 | 1,025 |
| St Monica's College, Cairns | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 697 | 1,058 |
| Edge Hill State School, Edge Hill | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 864 | 1,016 |
| Whitfield State School, Whitfield | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 774 | 974 |
| Mother of Good Counsel School, Cairns North | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 354 | 1,091 |
| Woree State School, Woree | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 530 | 860 |
| Woree State High School, Woree | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 750 | 854 |
| Cairns State Special School, Woree | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 130 | 913 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Westcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33046/westcourt/topic/education