54.8% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bushland Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bushland Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Bushland Beach have remained fairly steady, though the area lags behind national trends. While over half of the population has finished high school, the typical resident is much less likely to hold a university degree than people across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 54.8%, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bushland Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.3% of residents.
16.1% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Bushland Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most often studied engineering and related fields (20.2%), followed by management and commerce at 15.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is a government institution and much larger than those in most similar 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).
672
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bushland Beach
1 school — 672 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| North Shore State School, Burdell | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 672 | 988 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bushland Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30460/bushland-beach/topic/education