55.4% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Biggera Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Biggera Waters
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Biggera Waters sits around the middle of similar areas for education levels. While the typical resident is less likely to have finished high school than the national average, the number of adults with a university degree has risen 6.5 percentage points since 2011. This shows a steady climb in qualifications across the community over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average. This is an improvement for the area, as the rate rose 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Biggera Waters, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are held by 20.4% of adults, a figure that is a little below the state average and well below the national level. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 27.3% of residents.
20.4% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 Biggera Waters, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 21.1%, followed by society and culture at 11.3% and engineering at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one school in the area, which is a government primary school. This is much lower than most similar areas, although the school is much larger than average with 713 enrolments.
1
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
0.86
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
713
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
713
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,030
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Biggera Waters
10 schools — 8,907 students, average ICSEA 1,041.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Biggera Waters State School, Biggera Waters | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 713 | 1,030 |
| Coombabah State High School, Coombabah | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,113 | 977 |
| Labrador State School, Labrador | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 670 | 997 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Runaway Bay | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 665 | 1,076 |
| Arundel State School, Arundel | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 925 | 1,035 |
| A B Paterson College, Arundel | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 1,652 | 1,123 |
| Southport Flexible School, Southport | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 90 | 935 |
| Musgrave Hill State School, Southport | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 636 | 1,028 |
| Southport Special School, Southport | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 212 | 1,027 |
| Southport State High School, Southport | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 2,231 | 1,031 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Biggera Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309031236/biggera-waters/topic/education