43.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 43.2%
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.
Fewer people have finished high school in Sugarloaf compared to the rest of the country. Only 43.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling is mirrored in the area's qualification levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 43.2%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. For many residents, the highest year of school reached was Year 10, which accounts for 26.3% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sugarloaf, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.6% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.8% of people.
10.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
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, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 21.9% and Architecture and building at 13.6%. Health and Management also feature prominently in the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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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/SAL32686/sugarloaf/topic/education