73.2% ▲ +65.3%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 73.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stretton · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Stretton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of people in Stretton have finished high school compared to the state and national figures. This educational trend is matched by a surge in university degrees, with over a third of adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. These figures highlight a significant shift in the local profile, as both school and degree completion rates have climbed steeply since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of residents who completed Year 12 is 73.2%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This represents a major increase for the area, as the rate rose by 29 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stretton, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 34.2% of the population, a result well above the Australian average. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 9.8% of adults held such a qualification.
34.2% ▲ +248.7%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
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 Stretton, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 25.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has schools with a higher advantage score than most areas, with a typical school size of 1,133 students. There are 8 schools within 3km, and three-quarters of these are government institutions.
0.66
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Lower than 90% 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).
9,060
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
1,133
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,060
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stretton
8 schools — 9,060 students, average ICSEA 1,060.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 2
By type: Combined 4 · Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Runcorn Heights State School, Runcorn | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 553 | 1,028 |
| Sunnybank Hills State School, Sunnybank Hills | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 1,686 | 1,119 |
| Islamic College of Brisbane, Karawatha | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,712 | 1,057 |
| Stretton State College, Stretton | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 3,578 | 1,068 |
| Kuraby Special School, Kuraby | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 88 | 1,008 |
| Runcorn State High School, Runcorn | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 838 | 973 |
| Kuraby State School, Kuraby | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 359 | 998 |
| Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre, Sunnybank Hills | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 246 | 1,054 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stretton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30081/stretton/topic/education