40.8% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mundubbera · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mundubbera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 41% of people in Mundubbera have finished Year 12, which is a much lower share than in most other areas. This reflects a local trend where fewer residents hold high-level school or university degrees compared to state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. Roughly 22% of the population finished Year 10, while 18% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mundubbera, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 21.9% seen across Queensland. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 23.1% of residents.
10.4% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 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 Mundubbera, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 14%, followed by engineering at 9.1% and society and culture at 8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mundubbera has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is smaller and has a much lower advantage score. Education is provided entirely by one combined government school.
6.45
Higher than 65% 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).
193
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mundubbera
1 school — 193 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mundubbera State College, Mundubbera | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 193 | 933 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mundubbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32068/mundubbera/topic/education