44.8% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sugarloaf · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sugarloaf
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A mix of vocational and higher education shapes daily life in Sugarloaf, where nearly a quarter of adults hold a university degree. While many residents have moved into professional fields, fewer people here have finished Year 12 compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is around the middle for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sugarloaf, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 30.2% of residents.
23.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 Sugarloaf, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of qualification at 18.6%, followed by Engineering at 14.0% and Education at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, making this area smaller than about 59% of similar places in terms of local education facilities.
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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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sugarloaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32685/sugarloaf/topic/education