50.4% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jimbour East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jimbour East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have remained low in Jimbour East, where only 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. While half of the population has finished Year 12, the area generally sees fewer people reaching advanced schooling or university levels compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Queensland average of 57.1%. Roughly 36.2% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jimbour East, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 37%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure, sitting at just 9.9%. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.2% of people.
9.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Jimbour East, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Jimbour East are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 20.3%. Agriculture, environment, and education each account for 16.2% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very small government primary school with an average size of just 9 students. While the school advantage score is lower than most areas, there are 22.22 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most other places.
22.22
Higher than 89% 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).
9
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jimbour East
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Jimbour State School, Jimbour East | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 9 | 969 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jimbour East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31441/jimbour-east/topic/education