37.8% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beachmere · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beachmere
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Beachmere, where 38.4% of adults hold one. The area has a much lower rate of formal schooling and university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. A large number of people left school earlier, with 34.2% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Beachmere splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas. Only 11.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.7% ▲ +73.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Beachmere, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering (17.7%) and Management and Commerce (16.3%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 3 schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. Two-thirds of these are independent schools and most are primary schools.
3.30
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
286
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beachmere
3 schools — 859 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Birali Steiner School, Beachmere | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 157 | 1,014 |
| Beachmere State School, Beachmere | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 334 | 963 |
| St Michael's College, Caboolture | Independent | Primary | 5.9 km | 368 | 1,036 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beachmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30190/beachmere/topic/education