55.3% ▲ +108.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Springbrook · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Springbrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of Springbrook residents have completed Year 12, with 55.3% reaching this milestone. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains a little below the Queensland figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has climbed sharply, with the proportion of people finishing Year 12 rising 29 percentage points since 2011 to reach 55.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Springbrook, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 16.0% since 2011, though this is far below the national figure. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 35.4% of residents.
16.0% ▲ +45.8%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Springbrook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 12.0%, followed by health at 10.3% and education at 9.1%.
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 Springbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322112/springbrook/topic/education