40.0% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nobby · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nobby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Nobby have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 40% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the number of people with university degrees is much lower than the national figure. The area relies heavily on vocational training and trade certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. About 28.3% of people left school after Year 10, and 11.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nobby, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% national average. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 34.5% of the group.
10.3% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Nobby, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 16.2%. Management and commerce follow at 12.4%, while Health and Society and culture both sit at 7.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nobby has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two primary schools within 3 km. These government schools are much smaller than average and have a much lower advantage score than most other areas.
8.93
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nobby
2 schools — 74 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Nobby State School, Nobby | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 51 | 930 |
| Greenmount State School, Greenmount | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 23 | 977 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nobby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32155/nobby/topic/education