26.8% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nebo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nebo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few adults in Nebo have finished high school or university, which shapes the local workforce. Only 26.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average of 58.8%. This means most people in the area rely on trade certificates or earlier school exits for their livelihoods.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 26.8% reaching this milestone. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, and many residents stopped their schooling at Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nebo, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area, as only 5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia; instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.6% of people.
5.0% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Nebo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications for those with degrees or certificates, making up 16% of the total. Management and commerce follow at 8.6%, while education and society and culture each account for 4.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nebo has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the schools themselves are much smaller and have a much lower advantage score than usual. All local schooling is provided by a single government primary school.
6.71
Higher than 66% 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).
93
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
899
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nebo
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 899.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nebo State School, Nebo | Government | Primary | 11.0 km | 93 | 899 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32113/nebo/topic/education