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Education & Qualifications in Greater Brisbane

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Greater Brisbane ranks among the top areas for education, with a highly schooled population. Many of its residents have reached high levels of study, with 63.9% finishing Year 12 and over a quarter of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.

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Where Greater Brisbane sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

27.0% —

All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Greater Brisbane — higher than 85% of areas.

Greater Brisbane27.0%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion has risen 5.0 percentage points since 2016. At 63.9%, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well above the national figure and the Queensland average.

Completed Year 12

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63.9% —

Higher than 88% of capital city areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Greater Brisbane, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 19%.

Year 12 63.9% Year 10 17.5% Year 9 or below 7.3% Year 11 5.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are common here, with 27.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Queensland average and about the same as the national figure.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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27.0% —

Higher than 85% of capital city areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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Greater Brisbane splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.

Bachelor degree 28.1% Certificate III / IV 26.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.3% Postgraduate degree 9.8% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.1% Certificate I / II 2.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.8% and society and culture at 12.8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greater Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3GBRI/greater-brisbane/topic/education