40.4% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Minimbah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Minimbah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 9.1% of adults in Minimbah hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a wider pattern where fewer residents finished Year 12 compared to most other areas. The community relies heavily on trade and vocational certificates for their professional skills.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state, with only 40.4% completing the year. Around 32.9% of residents listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Minimbah, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of people with a bachelor degree is much lower than in most areas. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 44.7% of adults.
9.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Minimbah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area most commonly studied engineering and related fields at 17.5%, followed by management and commerce at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is government-run. This school is smaller than most others in similar areas and has a school advantage score that is much lower than most places.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
165
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Minimbah
1 school — 165 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nabiac Public School, Nabiac | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 165 | 938 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Minimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12647/minimbah/topic/education