27.0% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Biggenden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Biggenden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Biggenden have remained low, with only 27% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking the town as an area where fewer residents complete secondary schooling compared to most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest school year reached here is Year 10, at 31.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Biggenden, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in Biggenden, where only 6.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 37.9%.
6.8% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Biggenden, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Biggenden most often studied engineering and related fields (15.8%) or health (11.5%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The town has a high number of schools per child, with 10.42 per 1,000 children, though these schools are much smaller and have lower advantage scores than most areas. All schools here are government-run, split evenly between primary and combined types.
10.42
Higher than 75% 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).
72
Lower than 80% 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 Biggenden
2 schools — 144 students, average ICSEA 917.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Biggenden State School, Biggenden | Government | Combined | 8.0 km | 116 | 895 |
| Coalstoun Lakes State School, Coalstoun Lakes | Government | Primary | 11.6 km | 28 | 1,006 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Biggenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30248/biggenden/topic/education