41.1% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bluewater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bluewater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Bluewater compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is 16 points below the Queensland average. This trend continues into higher education, where the area has much lower rates of university degrees than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with 41.1% finishing Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Roughly 27.4% of people stopped after Year 10, while 14.6% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bluewater, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in Bluewater, with only 9.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while nearly half of all qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.3% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Bluewater, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 21.6%, followed by health at 14.2% and management and commerce at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school has an average advantage score of 950, which is lower than most areas.
3.92
Higher than 51% 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).
362
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bluewater
1 school — 362 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bluewater State School, Bluewater | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 362 | 950 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30292/bluewater/topic/education