44.5% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dalby · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dalby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualification in Dalby, held by 42.4% of adults. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Dalby have finished high school than in most other areas. Only 44.5% completed Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dalby, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is lower than in most areas, with only 11.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
11.4% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Dalby, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with degrees in Dalby most commonly studied engineering and related fields (19.0%) or management and commerce (16.1%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dalby has a small number of schools serving children, but those schools are much larger than most other areas. Government schools make up 60% of the sector.
1.73
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
636
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dalby
5 schools — 3,182 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Our Lady of the Southern Cross College, Dalby | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 681 | 1,021 |
| Dalby Christian College, Dalby | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 419 | 1,009 |
| Dalby State High School, Dalby | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,090 | 946 |
| Dalby State School, Dalby | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 505 | 942 |
| Dalby South State School, Dalby | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 487 | 910 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dalby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30792/dalby/topic/education