38.2% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goomboorian · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goomboorian
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Goomboorian from the national average for Year 12 completion. This reflects a local trend where fewer people have finished high school or earned a university degree compared to the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 30.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goomboorian, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 40.9% of people.
10.7% ▲ +66.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Goomboorian, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 20.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary government schools, though both are much smaller than most other schools with an average size of 31 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
906
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goomboorian
2 schools — 62 students, average ICSEA 906.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Kia-Ora State School, Kia Ora | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 43 | 885 |
| Wolvi State School, Wolvi | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 19 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goomboorian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31194/goomboorian/topic/education