60.8% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sandgate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sandgate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 30% of adults in Sandgate hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure well above the national average. This is a highly educated community where school completion and university qualifications both sit much higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This level of school completion is much higher than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandgate, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, with 29.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above both the national figure and the state average.
29.9% ▲ +42.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 Sandgate, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 18.7%, followed by society and culture at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically much larger and have higher advantage scores than most areas. There are 14 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than in most areas.
2.56
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
571
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,047
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sandgate
14 schools — 7,993 students, average ICSEA 1,047.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Sandgate State School, Sandgate | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 387 | 1,057 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Sandgate | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 187 | 1,063 |
| Sandgate District State High School, Deagon | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 993 | 1,010 |
| Nashville State School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 331 | 1,058 |
| St John Fisher College, Bracken Ridge | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 714 | 1,063 |
| Shorncliffe State School, Shorncliffe | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 344 | 1,122 |
| Bracken Ridge State School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 304 | 968 |
| St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe | Catholic | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,410 | 1,092 |
| Bracken Ridge State High School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 626 | 981 |
| St Kieran's School, Brighton | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 343 | 1,090 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracken Ridge | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 707 | 1,074 |
| Brighton State School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 438 | 1,055 |
| Boondall State School, Boondall | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 621 | 1,009 |
| Norris Road State School, Bracken Ridge | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 588 | 1,012 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32508/sandgate/topic/education