32.9% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Burnett Heads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Burnett Heads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Burnett Heads have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 32.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where bachelor degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures, with just 32.9% of people finishing. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 36.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Burnett Heads splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.4% of the population, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.8% of residents.
10.4% ▲ +61.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Burnett Heads, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 19.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school. This school is smaller than most others of its kind, with an average size of 96 students.
2.61
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
96
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
976
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Burnett Heads
1 school — 96 students, average ICSEA 976.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Burnett Heads State School, Burnett Heads | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 96 | 976 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30449/burnett-heads/topic/education