40.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balcomba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balcomba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Balcomba have completed high school or university, making it an area where formal qualifications are uncommon. Only 40.9% of people finished Year 12, and no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8% and the Queensland rate of 57.1%. For those who did finish school, 40.9% reached Year 12, while 18.2% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balcomba, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, with 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average and the state figure of 21.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Balcomba, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 17%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Daily school life requires travel as there are zero schools within 3 km of the area.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balcomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30122/balcomba/topic/education