36.7% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sarina · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sarina
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Sarina have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 36.7%, which is far below both Queensland and Australia. About 29.5% of people stopped after Year 10, while 13.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sarina, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 44.8% of residents.
6.0% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Sarina, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 26.2%. Management and commerce follow at 10.2%, with society and culture at 7.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school advantage score of 930 is much lower than most areas.
3.62
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
339
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sarina
5 schools — 1,697 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Sarina | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 162 | 962 |
| Sarina State High School, Sarina | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 775 | 935 |
| Sarina State School, Sarina | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 359 | 890 |
| Swayneville State School, Sarina | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 114 | 918 |
| Alligator Creek State School, Alligator Creek | Government | Primary | 12.2 km | 287 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32518/sarina/topic/education