50.5% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glass House · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Glass House
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 8.4 percentage points separates Glass House from the national average in Year 12 completion. This is a place where fewer adults have a high school or university qualification compared to most of Australia. Only about half of residents have finished Year 12, and the number of people with university degrees has fallen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion in Glass House ever since 2011 has fallen by 10 points to 50.5%. This is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, while about 27.2% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glass House, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.7% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.3% of residents.
17.7% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Glass House, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering (15.8%) and management and commerce (14.1%), followed by society and culture at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than in most areas, with an average size of 247 students. Government schools make up 87.5% of the sector, and the vast majority of these are primary schools.
1.91
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Lower than 64% of state electorate 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).
3,956
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
247
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glass House
16 schools — 3,956 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Government 14 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Peachester State School, Peachester | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 104 | 1,001 |
| Woodford State School, Woodford | Government | Combined | 11.4 km | 493 | 952 |
| Maleny State High School, Maleny | Government | Secondary | 11.7 km | 647 | 1,029 |
| Maleny State School, Maleny | Government | Primary | 12.1 km | 409 | 1,050 |
| Glass House Mountains State School, Glass House Mountains | Government | Primary | 14.6 km | 376 | 998 |
| The River School, Maleny | Independent | Primary | 14.7 km | 77 | 1,074 |
| Delaneys Creek State School, Delaneys Creek | Government | Primary | 15.3 km | 288 | 1,000 |
| My Independent School, Beerwah | Independent | Secondary | 16.1 km | 69 | 996 |
| Conondale State School, Conondale | Government | Primary | 17.3 km | 47 | 970 |
| Mooloolah State School, Mooloolah Valley | Government | Primary | 17.9 km | 230 | 1,012 |
| Beerburrum State School, Beerburrum | Government | Primary | 18.0 km | 101 | 945 |
| Wamuran State School, Wamuran | Government | Primary | 20.5 km | 323 | 979 |
| Montville State School, Montville | Government | Primary | 21.0 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Eudlo State School, Eudlo | Government | Primary | 21.0 km | 110 | 1,007 |
| Elimbah State School, Elimbah | Government | Primary | 21.3 km | 538 | 988 |
| Mount Mee State School, Mount Mee | Government | Primary | 24.6 km | 53 | 994 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glass House [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30029/glass-house/topic/education