35.7% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forrest Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Forrest Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 41% of qualified adults in Forrest Beach hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Forrest Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 12.0% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the Queensland rate of 21.9% and far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
12.0% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Forrest Beach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 21.2%, followed by management and commerce at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 5.21 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, though the local primary school is very small with an average size of 20 students.
5.21
Higher than 59% 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).
20
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
910
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Forrest Beach
1 school — 20 students, average ICSEA 910.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Forrest Beach State School, Forrest Beach | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 20 | 910 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Forrest Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31072/forrest-beach/topic/education