31.1% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goomeribong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goomeribong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Goomeribong finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 31.1% completing Year 12. While university degrees are less common than the national figure, a large portion of the community holds trade certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 22.2% of people leaving school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goomeribong, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (26%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 17.0% of adults, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of the community.
17.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Goomeribong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 47%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 18.2%, followed by Agriculture and environment and Management and commerce, both at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government combined school, though its average size is lower than most areas. The average school advantage score is also much lower than in most similar 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).
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 Goomeribong
1 school — 155 students, average ICSEA 896.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Goomeri State School, Goomeri | Government | Combined | 6.8 km | 155 | 896 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goomeribong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31198/goomeribong/topic/education