34.7% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sarina · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Sarina
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Sarina have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 34.7% of people finished Year 12, and just 5.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits far below the national figure of 58.8%, though it has risen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011. Around 28.4% of residents listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sarina, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has fallen to 5.2% since 2011, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, at 40.6%.
5.2% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 22.5%, followed by management and commerce at 9.9%.
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 Sarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315088/sarina/topic/education