44.4% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dalby · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dalby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Dalby from the national figure for Year 12 completion. While more people here finished high school than in most similar areas, the town still trails far behind Queensland and Australia in overall schooling and degree levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents have completed Year 12, though this figure rose by 9.5 points since 2011 to reach 44.4%. This remains far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dalby, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which 42.6% of the community have achieved.
11.4% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Dalby, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.0%, followed by management and commerce at 16.0%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dalby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313003/dalby/topic/education