36.8% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Imbil · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Imbil
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Imbil than in other parts of the country, which shapes the local skill set. Only 36.8% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 36.8%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 33.7% of people finished Year 10, while 11.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Imbil splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 10.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though many locals hold trade certificates, with 39.5% achieving a Certificate III or IV.
10.8% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Imbil, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied engineering and related fields (14.1%), followed by society and culture (11.2%) and management and commerce (10.0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Imbil has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the typical school is smaller. All local schools are government-run combined institutions.
5.75
Higher than 62% 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).
172
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Imbil
1 school — 172 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mary Valley State College, Imbil | Government | Combined | 6.0 km | 172 | 956 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Imbil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31387/imbil/topic/education