57.2% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Deagon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Deagon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Deagon have completed Year 12, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. Education levels here are generally strong, with a high proportion of adults holding university degrees or vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.2% of people finished Year 12, which is slightly below the national figure of 58.8% but about the same as the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Deagon, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 22.0%, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Many residents hold vocational qualifications, with 31.8% holding a Certificate III or IV.
22.0% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Deagon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in management and commerce at 18.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.5% and society and culture at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Deagon has a high school advantage score and larger-than-average schools, though there are fewer schools per child than in most areas. There are 18 schools within 3km, split between government (55.6%) and Catholic (44.4%) sectors.
1.62
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
614
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Deagon
18 schools — 11,043 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 8
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Sandgate District State High School, Deagon | Government | Secondary | 0.2 km | 993 | 1,010 |
| Sandgate State School, Sandgate | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 387 | 1,057 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Sandgate | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 187 | 1,063 |
| Bracken Ridge State School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 304 | 968 |
| St John Fisher College, Bracken Ridge | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 714 | 1,063 |
| Shorncliffe State School, Shorncliffe | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 344 | 1,122 |
| Boondall State School, Boondall | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 621 | 1,009 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracken Ridge | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 707 | 1,074 |
| Nashville State School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 331 | 1,058 |
| St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe | Catholic | Combined | 2.5 km | 1,410 | 1,092 |
| Bracken Ridge State High School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 626 | 981 |
| Taigum State School, Taigum | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 446 | 962 |
| St Flannan's School, Zillmere | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 419 | 1,077 |
| Holy Spirit College, Fitzgibbon | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 455 | 1,077 |
| Norris Road State School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 588 | 1,012 |
| St Joseph's Nudgee College, Boondall | Catholic | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,730 | 1,115 |
| St Kieran's School, Brighton | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 343 | 1,090 |
| Brighton State School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 438 | 1,055 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Deagon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30818/deagon/topic/education