60.9% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nudgee Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nudgee Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling have become more common in Nudgee Beach, where 60.9% of residents have now finished Year 12. This is well above the Queensland figure, and the area's educational profile is bolstered by a high proportion of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A little over 60% of people here completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the state average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nudgee Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common, with 27.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Queensland figure of 21.9% and much higher than most similar areas.
27.5% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Nudgee Beach splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 24%, followed by society and culture at 15.2% and engineering at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 9 schools within 3km, more than 81% of similar areas, and the average school advantage score is much higher than most areas.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
775
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,068
Higher 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 Nudgee Beach
9 schools — 6,979 students, average ICSEA 1,068.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| St Pius' Primary School, Banyo | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 504 | 1,088 |
| Earnshaw State College, Banyo | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 803 | 1,010 |
| St Joseph's Nudgee College, Boondall | Catholic | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,730 | 1,115 |
| Boondall State School, Boondall | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 621 | 1,009 |
| St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe | Catholic | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,410 | 1,092 |
| Shorncliffe State School, Shorncliffe | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 344 | 1,122 |
| Sandgate District State High School, Deagon | Government | Secondary | 4.8 km | 993 | 1,010 |
| Sandgate State School, Sandgate | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 387 | 1,057 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Sandgate | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 187 | 1,063 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nudgee Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32194/nudgee-beach/topic/education