40.4% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pialba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pialba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Pialba. This is an area where formal schooling levels are generally lower than the state and national figures, with only 40.4% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. This is lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pialba, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population. This is well below the 21.9% seen across Queensland and far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.1% ▲ +72.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Pialba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce (14.4%) and Health (14.0%) being the most common, followed by Engineering and Society and Culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pialba has 10 schools within 3 km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. These schools are typically quite large, averaging 726 students, and 60% are government run.
3.25
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
726
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pialba
10 schools — 7,261 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 5 · Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Pialba State School, Pialba | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 367 | 901 |
| Hervey Bay State High School, Pialba | Government | Secondary | 0.2 km | 1,280 | 963 |
| Bayside Christian College Hervey Bay, Urraween | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 631 | 1,010 |
| Kawungan State School, Kawungan | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 877 | 976 |
| Hervey Bay Special School, Kawungan | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 105 | 970 |
| Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay | Catholic | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,322 | 1,021 |
| St James Lutheran College, Urraween | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 754 | 1,038 |
| Yarrilee State School, Urraween | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 732 | 965 |
| Torquay State School, Torquay | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 183 | 875 |
| Fraser Coast Anglican College, Wondunna | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 1,010 | 1,098 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pialba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32307/pialba/topic/education