53.7% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Scarborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 5 percentage points separates Scarborough from the national figure for Year 12 completion. While more residents hold university degrees than in most similar areas, the community generally trails the state and country in formal schooling and higher education levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 53.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. About a quarter of the population left school after Year 10, and 8.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Scarborough, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.4% of residents.
21.3% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Scarborough, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Common fields of study for qualified residents include management and commerce at 18.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.8% and health at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Scarborough has eight schools within 3km, which is more than about 80% of similar areas. These schools are typically much larger than those in other areas, with the average size being 649 students.
2.51
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
649
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,005
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Scarborough
8 schools — 5,188 students, average ICSEA 1,005.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Secondary 4 · Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Southern Cross Catholic College, Scarborough | Catholic | Combined | 0.1 km | 1,653 | 1,041 |
| Australian Trade College North Brisbane, Scarborough | Independent | Secondary | 0.2 km | 286 | 1,026 |
| Scarborough State School, Scarborough | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 776 | 1,015 |
| Redcliffe Special School, Redcliffe | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 89 | 957 |
| Redcliffe State High School, Redcliffe | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,444 | 1,004 |
| Edu Space Redcliffe, Redcliffe | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 30 | 883 |
| Hercules Road State School, Kippa-Ring | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 636 | 951 |
| Kippa-Ring State School, Kippa-Ring | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 274 | 899 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32524/scarborough/topic/education