60.3% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bahrs Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bahrs Scrub
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Bahrs Scrub have finished high school now than in previous censuses, with 60.3% completing Year 12. This result is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and slightly higher than the national average. While school completion is strong, university degrees are less common here than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A strong 60.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Roughly 20% of people stopped after Year 10, while 8.1% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bahrs Scrub, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 16.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 39.1%.
16.4% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Bahrs Scrub, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Common areas of study for those with qualifications include management and commerce at 19.5%, followed by engineering at 14.5% and society and culture at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, though there are fewer schools per child than in most similar areas. The average school size is quite large at 871 students, with government schools making up 61.5% of the sector.
0.90
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
871
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bahrs Scrub
13 schools — 11,319 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3 · Combined 3
| Windaroo Valley State High School, Bahrs Scrub | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 1,202 | 972 |
| Windaroo State School, Mount Warren Park | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 851 | 987 |
| Beenleigh Special School, Mount Warren Park | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 381 | 973 |
| Rivermount College, Yatala | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 982 | 1,046 |
| Mount Warren Park State School, Mount Warren Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 477 | 965 |
| Beenleigh State School, Beenleigh | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 433 | 931 |
| Edens Landing State School, Edens Landing | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 776 | 968 |
| St Joseph's Tobruk Memorial School, Beenleigh | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 518 | 1,018 |
| Trinity College, Beenleigh | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 954 | 1,018 |
| Beenleigh State High School, Beenleigh | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 2,358 | 928 |
| Canterbury College, Waterford | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 1,502 | 1,076 |
| Bethania Lutheran Primary School, Bethania | Independent | Primary | 5.1 km | 353 | 1,043 |
| Waterford State School, Waterford | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 532 | 955 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bahrs Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30116/bahrs-scrub/topic/education