37.0% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Byfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school or university in Byfield than in most other areas. Only 37% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is reflected in the qualifications of adults, with a low proportion holding higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 37%, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. About 24.8% of residents finished Year 10, while 9.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Byfield, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.6% of people.
9.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Byfield, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 15.8%, followed by education at 9.9% and management and commerce at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Byfield has 17.54 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. There is one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than typical schools with an average size of 32 students.
17.54
Higher than 86% 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
953
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Byfield
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 953.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Byfield State School, Byfield | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 32 | 953 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Byfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30467/byfield/topic/education