31.0% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goomeri · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goomeri
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31% of people in Goomeri finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This lack of senior schooling is a key feature of the area, where fewer adults hold higher degrees compared to most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The 31% who completed Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. About 30% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 17.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Goomeri splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.7% of the population.
10.6% ▲ +58.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Goomeri, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Society & Culture, each at 13.1%. Health qualifications follow at 10.2%, while Education and Management account for 7.8% and 6.7% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Goomeri has 9.26 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. The local school is a government-run combined campus with an average size of 155 students and a school advantage score much lower than most areas.
9.26
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
155
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
896
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goomeri
1 school — 155 students, average ICSEA 896.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Goomeri State School, Goomeri | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 155 | 896 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goomeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31197/goomeri/topic/education