48.2% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nambour · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nambour
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Nambour has remained steady, though the area still sits well below the national average for high school and university completion. Only 48.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This pattern continues into higher education, where only 14% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of Nambour residents (48.2%) completed Year 12, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 57.1%. About 24.9% of the population peaked at Year 10, while 10.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nambour, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a university degree make up 14% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Nambour, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Nambour are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 14.2%. This is followed closely by society and culture at 13.7% and engineering at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nambour has nine schools within 3km, which is more than 81% of similar areas. These schools are generally large, with an average size of 768 students, and 55.6% of them are government-run.
0.90
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
768
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,033
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nambour
9 schools — 6,914 students, average ICSEA 1,033.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Combined 4 · Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| St Joseph's Primary School, Nambour | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 341 | 1,045 |
| Nambour State College, Nambour | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 1,469 | 977 |
| Burnside State School, Burnside | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 368 | 984 |
| Burnside State High School, Burnside | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 809 | 988 |
| Nambour Special School, Burnside | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 132 | 1,002 |
| St John's College, Nambour | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 927 | 1,059 |
| Nambour Christian College, Woombye | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,309 | 1,083 |
| Suncoast Christian College, Woombye | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 1,136 | 1,084 |
| Woombye State School, Woombye | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 423 | 1,014 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32099/nambour/topic/education