33.6% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brandon · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Brandon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Brandon (L), held by nearly half of all adults. The area has a lower level of formal schooling and higher degrees than both the state and national figures, though these numbers have risen slightly since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 35.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Brandon splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. This proportion has grown slightly from 7.2% in 2011.
8.9% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Brandon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most frequent areas of study, accounting for 27.1% of qualifications, followed by management and commerce at 11.5%.
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 Brandon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321023/brandon/topic/education