54.3% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Springbrook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Springbrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 1,059 is much higher than most areas, making Springbrook a place where students have significantly more support than elsewhere. While university degrees are less common than the national figure, the area sees a higher share of adults with degrees than many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is a little below the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Springbrook, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 21.4% of adults. This is higher than most similar areas, but remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
21.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Springbrook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both accounting for 10.3% of degrees, followed closely by Health at 10.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 11.24 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. These are small, government-run primary schools, with an average size of just 19 students.
11.24
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,059
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Springbrook
2 schools — 38 students, average ICSEA 1,059.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Springbrook State School, Springbrook | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 29 | 1,086 |
| Numinbah Valley State School, Numinbah Valley | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 9 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Springbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32625/springbrook/topic/education