45.6% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beaconsfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Beaconsfield have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country, though the area is well-served by a large number of local schools. Just 45.6% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in Queensland or across Australia, with only 45.6% of residents reaching this milestone. About 26.4% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beaconsfield, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common in Beaconsfield, where 12.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 42.3%.
12.5% ▲ +45.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Beaconsfield, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for qualified residents are Engineering and related fields at 22.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local families have plenty of options with 19 schools within 3 km, a number larger than about 89% of similar areas. The schools here tend to be much larger than most, with an average size of 570 students.
3.21
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
570
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beaconsfield
19 schools — 10,823 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 5 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 11 · Combined 4 · Secondary 4
| Beaconsfield State School, Beaconsfield | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 481 | 924 |
| Mackay District Special School, Beaconsfield | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 82 | 949 |
| Carlisle Adventist College, Beaconsfield | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 281 | 990 |
| Whitsunday Anglican School, Beaconsfield | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 1,151 | 1,102 |
| Pioneer State High School, Andergrove | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 536 | 875 |
| MacKillop Catholic Primary School, Andergrove | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 149 | 990 |
| Emmanuel Catholic Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 597 | 1,025 |
| Holy Spirit College, Mount Pleasant | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,139 | 1,023 |
| Andergrove State School, Andergrove | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 270 | 887 |
| Mackay Northern Beaches State High School, Rural View | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,012 | 950 |
| Northview State School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 331 | 991 |
| Fitzgerald State School, North Mackay | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 632 | 955 |
| Mackay North State High School, North Mackay | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,253 | 958 |
| Mackay Christian College, North Mackay | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 879 | 1,000 |
| Eimeo Road State School, Rural View | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 607 | 938 |
| Glenella State School, Glenella | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 234 | 977 |
| Mackay North State School, North Mackay | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 401 | 933 |
| St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, Mackay | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 439 | 1,018 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Mackay | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 349 | 1,016 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30191/beaconsfield/topic/education