33.9% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bloomsbury · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bloomsbury
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Bloomsbury from the national average in Year 12 completion. This is an area where few adults have university degrees, and the typical resident has a vocational certificate instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.9% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. About 31.4% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bloomsbury splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon in Bloomsbury, with only 3.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 39.8%.
3.9% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Bloomsbury, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 23.2%, followed by agriculture and environment at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bloomsbury has a high number of schools for its population, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 44 students. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
13.33
Higher than 80% 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).
44
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
942
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bloomsbury
1 school — 44 students, average ICSEA 942.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bloomsbury State School, Bloomsbury | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 44 | 942 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bloomsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30289/bloomsbury/topic/education