42.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Byee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Byee have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, with a much lower proportion of adults holding university degrees than the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.9%, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. Another 42.9% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 14.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Byee splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (43%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.3%. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9% and far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.3% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Byee, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Bachelor degree is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 29%, ahead of Management & commerce (24%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is a government facility. It is much smaller than most schools in similar areas, with an average size of 77 students and a much lower school advantage score than most locations.
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).
77
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Byee
1 school — 77 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wheatlands State School, Wheatlands | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 77 | 926 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Byee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30465/byee/topic/education