87.7% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.8%
- 2016: 83.0%
- 2021: 87.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bruce
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly qualified residents shape daily life in Bruce, where over half of all adults hold a university degree. This is an exceptionally well-educated area, with 87.7% of people completing Year 12, a figure far above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the highest at this level, with 87.7% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far above the 77% seen across the ACT and 58.8% for Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bruce, Year 12 is the majority at 91%; Year 10 is next at 4%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University education is very common here, with 51.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the ACT average and far above the national figure of 26.3%.
51.6% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 51.6%
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 Bruce, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (28%) and Certificate III / IV (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.2%, followed closely by society and culture at 19.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bruce has 26 schools within 3km, though there are far fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other areas. The local schools are typically much larger than average and have very high advantage scores.
1.27
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
548
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,121
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bruce
26 schools — 14,255 students, average ICSEA 1,121.
By sector: Government 17 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 17 · Secondary 6 · Combined 3
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| Maribyrnong Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 483 | 1,100 |
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 517 | 1,159 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| University of Canberra High School Kaleen, Kaleen | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 571 | 1,056 |
| Black Mountain School, O'Connor | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 108 | 1,030 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Kaleen | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 171 | 1,094 |
| Lyneham Primary School, Lyneham | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 498 | 1,135 |
| Kaleen Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 400 | 1,075 |
| O'Connor Cooperative School, O'Connor | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 60 | 1,141 |
| Brindabella Christian College, Lyneham | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 929 | 1,154 |
| Macquarie Primary School, Macquarie | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 291 | 1,070 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, O'Connor | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 334 | 1,130 |
| Lyneham High School, Lyneham | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,034 | 1,132 |
| Giralang Primary School, Giralang | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 268 | 1,070 |
| Turner School, Turner | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 318 | 1,141 |
| Daramalan College, Dickson | Independent | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,498 | 1,127 |
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 404 | 1,117 |
| Miles Franklin Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 394 | 1,077 |
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Emmaus Christian School, Dickson | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 590 | 1,138 |
| Evatt Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 281 | 1,047 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Evatt | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 412 | 1,080 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 332 | 1,085 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/education