73.3% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bymount · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bymount
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees have become more common in Bymount since 2011. This is now an area where 73.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is very common here, with 73.3% of residents finishing school. This is far above both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bymount, Year 12 is the majority at 79%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University education is also more frequent than in most areas. Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 30% of the population, which is well above the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 Bymount, Bachelor degree is the majority at 75%; Certificate III / IV is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 38%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is among the smallest in the region with an average size of 9 students. The average school advantage score of 946 is much lower than most 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).
9
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
946
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bymount
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 946.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bymount East State School, Bymount | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 9 | 946 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bymount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30468/bymount/topic/education