39.1% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beachmere · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Beachmere
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Beachmere have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 39.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. Despite this gap, the number of people with a degree or high school diploma has risen steadily since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished Year 12 than in most other areas, sitting at 39.1%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is a growing trend, as the proportion of high school graduates rose 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beachmere, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.4% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. While this is low, it has improved over time, rising 5.3 percentage points since 2011. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV at 40.6%.
11.4% ▲ +87.9%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Beachmere, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 16.1%. Management and commerce follow closely at 15.5%, while Society and culture accounts for 12.4% of qualifications.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beachmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315007/beachmere/topic/education