50.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bunjurgen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bunjurgen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than one in five adults in Bunjurgen hold a university degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. While many residents have a strong educational background, half of the population has finished Year 12, a figure that sits well below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 58.8% national figure. Roughly 22.6% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 19.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bunjurgen, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 21.6% of adults, a rate about the same as the Queensland average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 36.7% of the community.
21.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 Bunjurgen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Postgraduate degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 18.3%, followed by education and food, hospitality and personal services, which both stand at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bunjurgen has one government primary school within 3km, though its typical size of 37 students is much lower than most areas. Its school advantage score of 982 is around the middle for its level.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bunjurgen
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Alford State School, Mount Alford | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 37 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bunjurgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30436/bunjurgen/topic/education