41.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wyberba · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A surprising mix of educational backgrounds defines Wyberba, where a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. While this level of higher education is well above the Queensland figure, fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a low rate even when compared to similar areas, with 32.8% of people leaving school at Year 10.
41.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Wyberba, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Despite lower high school completion, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This result is well above the Queensland average of 21.9%.
25.0% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Wyberba splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are health at 21.6% and management and commerce at 16.2%. Other notable areas of study include agriculture and environment and engineering.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation seen in about 59% of similar places.
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 Wyberba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33184/wyberba/topic/education