50.3% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boreen Point · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Boreen Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of adults in Boreen Point have completed Year 12, making it much more likely than most similar areas. This is a well-qualified community where the share of people with a bachelor degree or higher has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 50.3% of residents finished Year 12—a figure that rose 10 points since 2011—this is still well below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26.8% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boreen Point, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.2% of adults, which is a little above the Queensland figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32% of the community.
24.2% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 Boreen Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 17.1%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 16.7%.
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 Boreen Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322019/boreen-point/topic/education