47.4% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Biddeston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Biddeston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 35% of qualified adults in Biddeston hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. The community has fewer people finishing high school or holding university degrees compared to both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents have completed Year 12, at 47.4%. This is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and far below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Biddeston, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population. This is well below the 21.9% seen in Queensland and 26.3% across Australia.
16.7% ▲ +52.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Biddeston, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are education and management and commerce, both at 17.4%, followed by health at 14.9% and engineering at 14.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Biddeston has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than most areas. The local school sector is entirely government-run primary education.
27.78
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
35
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Biddeston
1 school — 35 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Biddeston State School, Biddeston | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 35 | 958 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Biddeston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30246/biddeston/topic/education