48.8% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brandy Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a quarter of adults in Brandy Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the Queensland average. While high-level qualifications are common, this is contrasted by a much lower rate of high school completion compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is lower than in most other areas, with about 25% of people reaching Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brandy Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 26.7% of adults, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is well above the state average, with a bachelor degree being the most common qualification at 32.2%.
26.7% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 Brandy Creek, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 23.7%. Agriculture and environment and health follow, each making up 10.2% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30360/brandy-creek/topic/education