50.8% ▲ +49.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cambooya · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cambooya
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A modest range of formal qualifications shapes daily life in Cambooya, where nearly half of adults hold a Certificate III or IV. While 50.8% of residents finished Year 12, this is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only about half of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures. Roughly 24.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cambooya, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.2%, which is far below the national average. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 42.8% of the total.
13.2% ▲ +54.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Cambooya, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 16.0%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cambooya has three schools within 3 km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas. All local schools are government-run primary schools with an average size of 132 students.
1.80
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
132
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cambooya
3 schools — 395 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Cambooya State School, Cambooya | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 159 | 958 |
| Wyreema State School, Wyreema | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 162 | 953 |
| Vale View State School, Vale View | Government | Primary | 8.8 km | 74 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cambooya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30496/cambooya/topic/education