32.0% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bauhinia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bauhinia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap in educational attainment marks Bauhinia, where the rate of bachelor degrees is far above the state average despite very low school completion. This creates a striking contrast between the high level of university qualifications and a small percentage of residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. In fact, 44% of residents finished Year 9 or below, a result much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bauhinia splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (38%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 12 at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Conversely, 36% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3% and far above the state figure.
36.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 36.0%
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 Bauhinia, Bachelor degree is the majority at 69%; Certificate III / IV is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 44%, ahead of Health (33%).
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 other schools. This school also has an advantage score of 917, which is much lower 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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
917
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bauhinia
1 school — 33 students, average ICSEA 917.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bauhinia State School, Bauhinia | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 33 | 917 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bauhinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30184/bauhinia/topic/education