32.1% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bouldercombe · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bouldercombe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Bouldercombe have finished high school or university than they did ten years ago. Only 32.1% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend shows a shift toward lower formal education levels across the community since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 has fallen by 10 points to 32.1%, a result far below both Queensland and Australia. About 30.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 15% finished at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bouldercombe splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 6.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which 37.1% of the population has achieved.
6.6% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Bouldercombe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 19.2%. Other notable areas of study include Management and commerce at 9.6% and Health at 8.1%.
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 Bouldercombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321021/bouldercombe/topic/education