34.9% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bell · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Bell (L) than in most other similar areas. While the typical resident's schooling level has risen since 2011, only 34.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. Roughly 34.4% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 20.5% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bell splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.9% of residents.
11.9% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Bell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health and Society & Culture both at 14%, followed by Engineering and Management & Commerce at 11.8% each.
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 Bell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322014/bell/topic/education