37.9% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bloomfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bloomfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Bloomfield have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 37.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a profile where a small minority of adults hold higher degrees, while many others have stopped their formal schooling early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Around 17.7% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 10.1% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bloomfield, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.1% of people.
10.6% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Bloomfield, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Certificate I / II (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 17.4%, followed by health at 9.4% and management and commerce at 8.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bloomfield has a high number of schools per child, though the typical school is much smaller than most areas with only 67 students. These are all government primary schools, but they have some of the lowest advantage scores at this level.
35.71
Higher than 97% 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).
67
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
661
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bloomfield
1 school — 67 students, average ICSEA 661.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bloomfield River State School, Bloomfield | Government | Primary | 10.2 km | 67 | 661 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bloomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30288/bloomfield/topic/education