22.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sapphire Central · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sapphire Central
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 31.6% of people in Sapphire Central list Year 10 as their highest year of school. This is a place where very few residents hold university degrees, and the typical level of schooling is far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 22.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is among the lowest levels of school completion seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sapphire Central, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 5.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 34.6%.
5.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Sapphire Central, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related fields at 16.3% and Management and commerce at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 56 students. This school also has an advantage score that is among the lowest at this level.
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).
56
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
884
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sapphire Central
1 school — 56 students, average ICSEA 884.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Anakie State School, Anakie Siding | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 56 | 884 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sapphire Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32516/sapphire-central/topic/education