35.3% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kumbia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kumbia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Kumbia has remained consistently low over the last decade, with only 35.3% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking the area as one where far fewer people finish high school compared to most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.3% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This means the area is much lower than most others, with 24.6% of residents peaking at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kumbia, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with just 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, though trade qualifications are more typical, with 37.9% holding a Certificate III or IV.
10.4% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Kumbia, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 14.5%, followed by Education at 10.3% and Health at 7.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 57 students.
23.26
Higher than 90% 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).
57
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kumbia
1 school — 57 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kumbia State School, Kumbia | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 57 | 961 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kumbia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31584/kumbia/topic/education