58.6% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sarabah · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates the share of university graduates in Sarabah from the national figure. While most residents have finished high school, far fewer adults hold a degree compared to the rest of the country. This creates a local profile where practical certificates and diplomas are more common than university qualifications.
Highest year of school completed.
Most people here have finished high school, with 58.6% completing Year 12. This is a little above the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average.
58.6% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Sarabah, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below Queensland and far below the national average. Instead, a fifth of the community holds an advanced diploma or diploma.
12.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Sarabah, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Postgraduate degree (20%).
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 27%, followed by engineering at 21.6% and architecture and building at 18.9%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sarabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32517/sarabah/topic/education