81.3% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.7%
- 2016: 77.7%
- 2021: 81.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brookfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates the 81.3% of Brookfield residents who finished Year 12 from the national figure. This is a highly educated area where nearly half of all adults hold a university degree, far exceeding state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is common here, with 81.3% of people finishing Year 12, which is far above the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brookfield, Year 12 is the majority at 86%; Year 10 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly half of adults, or 48.6%, hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Australian figure of 26.3%, with 20.7% of residents holding postgraduate degrees.
48.6% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 48.6%
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 Brookfield, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 46%, followed by Postgraduate degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 22.1%, followed by health at 14.7% and society and culture at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically much larger than in most other areas, averaging 612 students. While there are 13 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.47
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
612
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,115
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brookfield
13 schools — 7,959 students, average ICSEA 1,115.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Brookfield State School, Brookfield | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 453 | 1,164 |
| Upper Brookfield State School, Upper Brookfield | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 56 | 1,106 |
| Kenmore State High School, Kenmore | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,973 | 1,110 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary School, Kenmore | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 221 | 1,126 |
| Brisbane Independent School, Pullenvale | Independent | Primary | 4.3 km | 60 | 1,135 |
| Kenmore State School, Kenmore | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 520 | 1,158 |
| Chapel Hill State School, Chapel Hill | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 772 | 1,171 |
| Pullenvale State School, Pullenvale | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 389 | 1,128 |
| Kenmore South State School, Kenmore | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 684 | 1,170 |
| Jindalee State School, Jindalee | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 522 | 1,082 |
| Centenary State High School, Jindalee | Government | Secondary | 6.7 km | 1,719 | 1,049 |
| Hilder Road State School, The Gap | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 434 | 1,145 |
| Mount Ommaney Special School, Mount Ommaney | Government | Combined | 7.2 km | 156 | 1,056 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30386/brookfield/topic/education