62.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Birnam · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Birnam
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the state average for school completions is Birnam, where 62.5% of residents finished Year 12. This high level of schooling is matched by a strong lean toward higher education and professional qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, sitting 5.4 percentage points above the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Birnam, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28% of the population, which is well above the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40% of residents.
28.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 Birnam, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Postgraduate degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Birnam are most common in Engineering and related fields at 25.7%, followed by Education at 17.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, more than 70% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,017, which is higher than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
403
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Birnam
3 schools — 1,209 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Toowoomba Christian College, Highfields | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 810 | 1,066 |
| Gowrie State School, Gowrie Junction | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 210 | 1,013 |
| Rockville State School, Rockville | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 189 | 810 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Birnam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30263/birnam/topic/education