57.1% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.0%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Guanaba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Guanaba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 1,044 is much higher than most areas in Guanaba, reflecting a strong educational environment. While Year 12 completion is about the same as the state average, the area sees a higher proportion of university degrees than many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents finished Year 12, at 57.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Guanaba, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.1% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.9% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Guanaba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 15.1%, followed closely by management and commerce at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These are all government schools, with an average size of 541 students.
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).
541
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,044
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Guanaba
3 schools — 1,624 students, average ICSEA 1,044.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Tamborine Mountain State School, Tamborine Mountain | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 564 | 1,054 |
| Tamborine Mountain State High School, Tamborine Mountain | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 943 | 1,039 |
| St Bernard State School, Tamborine Mountain | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 117 | 1,039 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Guanaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31260/guanaba/topic/education