48.1% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Branyan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Branyan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Branyan has remained steady, though levels stay well below state and national figures. Only 48.1% of residents have completed Year 12, and about 13.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a profile where trade qualifications are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.1%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and far below the Australian average. Roughly 29% of the population finished at Year 10, while 10.9% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Branyan, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 13.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 44.7%.
13.6% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Branyan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are Engineering and related subjects at 19%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.3% and Society and culture at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Branyan has eight schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas, though it has among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children. Three-quarters of these schools are government-run primary schools.
0.99
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
468
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Branyan
8 schools — 3,743 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Branyan Road State School, Branyan | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 453 | 974 |
| Sharon State School, Sharon | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 21 | 936 |
| Avoca State School, Avoca | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 310 | 957 |
| Shalom College, Bundaberg | Catholic | Secondary | 6.9 km | 1,558 | 1,027 |
| Norville State School, Norville | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 518 | 939 |
| Bundaberg Special School, Norville | Government | Combined | 7.2 km | 106 | 961 |
| Bundaberg West State School, Bundaberg West | Government | Primary | 7.4 km | 267 | 915 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Bundaberg West | Catholic | Primary | 7.9 km | 510 | 1,029 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Branyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30361/branyan/topic/education