55.4% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Biggera Waters · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Biggera Waters
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 1,041 is much higher than most areas, making Biggera Waters a standout for educational privilege. While university degrees are more common here than in similar suburbs, the area still sits well below the national figure for higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is still a little below the Queensland average and well below the national rate.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Biggera Waters, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 20.4%, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the state average and well below the national figure of 26.3%.
20.4% ▲ +46.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 Biggera Waters, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 21.1%, followed by society and culture at 11.3% and engineering at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Biggera Waters has 10 schools within 3km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. The average school size is among the highest for this level, though there are among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children.
0.86
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
891
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,041
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Biggera Waters
10 schools — 8,907 students, average ICSEA 1,041.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Biggera Waters State School, Biggera Waters | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 713 | 1,030 |
| Coombabah State High School, Coombabah | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,113 | 977 |
| Labrador State School, Labrador | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 670 | 997 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Runaway Bay | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 665 | 1,076 |
| Arundel State School, Arundel | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 925 | 1,035 |
| A B Paterson College, Arundel | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 1,652 | 1,123 |
| Southport Flexible School, Southport | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 90 | 935 |
| Musgrave Hill State School, Southport | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 636 | 1,028 |
| Southport Special School, Southport | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 212 | 1,027 |
| Southport State High School, Southport | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 2,231 | 1,031 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Biggera Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30249/biggera-waters/topic/education