25.5% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Bluff · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Bluff
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 34% of residents in The Bluff finished school at Year 10, the most common highest level of education for the area. This is a place where formal qualifications are relatively low, with only 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is among the lowest levels of school completion seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Bluff, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with the typical resident holding a Certificate III or IV. At 10.4%, the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
10.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 The Bluff, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health and food, hospitality and personal services each making up 15.6% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools and has a much lower advantage score than those in similar areas.
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).
65
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
929
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving The Bluff
1 school — 65 students, average ICSEA 929.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ashwell State School, Ashwell | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 65 | 929 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Bluff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32783/the-bluff/topic/education