33.9% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bucca · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bucca
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates the rate of Year 12 completion in Bucca from the national figure. This area has much lower levels of formal schooling and higher qualifications than most other parts of the country, with only 8.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Around 30.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, and another 13.3% finished at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bucca splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with the typical resident holding a Certificate III or IV (41%). The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
8.3% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Bucca, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; 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 services at 18.9%, followed by society and culture at 10.7% and health at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 28 students is much lower than in most similar areas. This school also has an advantage score of 912, which is much lower than most other areas.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
912
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bucca
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 912.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bullyard State School, Bullyard | Government | Primary | 10.6 km | 28 | 912 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bucca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30403/bucca/topic/education