30.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barringha · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barringha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of the adults in Barringha finished school in Year 10, marking a low level of secondary completion for the area. While high school rates are low, about 21% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.2% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below both Queensland and the national average. More than half of the population finished school in Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barringha, Year 10 is the majority at 58%; Year 12 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 44% of people.
20.8% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 Barringha, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (36%) and Postgraduate degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with education (24%) and engineering (20%) being the most common, followed by agriculture and environment at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 32 students. This school also has a lower average advantage score than most 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barringha
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woodstock State School, Woodstock | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 32 | 950 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barringha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30174/barringha/topic/education