45.0% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Broadwater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Broadwater has remained relatively steady, though it sits well below state and national levels. Only 45% of residents have finished Year 12, and just 13% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a profile where trade qualifications are far more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with only 45% of people finishing school. Roughly 31% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Broadwater, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the rest of Queensland, with only 13% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 40.3% of the population.
13.0% ▲ +162.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Broadwater, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and Education, which each account for 14.9% of qualifications. Management and commerce follow at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Broadwater has a much higher number of schools per child than most areas, with five schools within 3 km. All the local schools are government-run, and 80% are primary schools.
14.71
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
183
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
953
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Broadwater
5 schools — 914 students, average ICSEA 953.
By sector: Government 5
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Broadwater State School, Broadwater | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 21 | 878 |
| Greenlands State School, Greenlands | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 66 | 1,005 |
| Severnlea State School, Severnlea | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 29 | 962 |
| Stanthorpe State High School, Stanthorpe | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 523 | 957 |
| Stanthorpe State School, Stanthorpe | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 275 | 939 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30383/broadwater/topic/education