70.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bargunyah · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over 70% of residents in Bargunyah have completed Year 12, a figure far above the national average. This high level of school completion is reflected in a workforce where a quarter of adults hold a university degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
A far higher proportion of people here finished Year 12 compared to Queensland and Australia, with 70.8% reaching this milestone. Only 16.7% of residents stopped at Year 11, while 12.5% finished Year 10.
70.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bargunyah, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
One in four adults holds a bachelor degree or higher. This 25% rate is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Queensland figure.
25.0% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bargunyah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 46%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 50%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this sparsely populated area, which is common for about 59% of similar places.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bargunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30158/bargunyah/topic/education