46.3% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bargara · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bargara
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 46.3% of Bargara residents have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. While high school completion is lower than usual, the area has a higher proportion of adults with university degrees compared to most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland and Australian figures. About 28.1% of residents finished Year 10, while 11.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bargara, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
One in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.1% of people.
20.5% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Bargara, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Bargara are spread across several fields, with management and commerce (16.3%) and health (16.0%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is around the middle of the pack for size and advantage scores compared to similar areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
385
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher 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 Bargara
1 school — 385 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bargara State School, Mon Repos | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 385 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bargara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30157/bargara/topic/education