41.2% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beerburrum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beerburrum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.2% of people in Beerburrum have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in schooling is reflected in the number of adults with university degrees, which is also much lower than in the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here than in most other areas. At 41.2%, the rate of Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beerburrum, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.8%, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common top qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.2% of residents.
11.8% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Beerburrum, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Common fields of study for those with qualifications include management and commerce at 15.6%, and engineering at 14.6%. Health and society and culture also make up a significant share of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Beerburrum has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two primary government schools located within 3km. These schools are around the middle for their size and advantage scores.
6.49
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
239
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beerburrum
2 schools — 477 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Beerburrum State School, Beerburrum | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 101 | 945 |
| Glass House Mountains State School, Glass House Mountains | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 376 | 998 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beerburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30203/beerburrum/topic/education