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Dimbulah · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Dimbulah

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Far fewer people in Dimbulah have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 30.2% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in other Queensland towns.

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📍 Dimbulah, Urban Centre

Where Dimbulah sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

7.8% ▲ +13.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Dimbulah — lower than 76% of areas.

Dimbulah7.8%
4872, QLD 10.8%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Just 30.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While this is much lower than most areas, the number of people finishing school has risen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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30.2% ▲ +21.0%

Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Dimbulah splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 23%.

Year 12 30.2% Year 10 29.2% Year 9 or below 19.9% Year 11 5.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are rare here, with only 7.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, though the proportion of degree holders rose slightly since 2011.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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7.8% ▲ +13.6%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Dimbulah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).

Certificate III / IV 33.8% Bachelor degree 15.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 13.8% Certificate I / II 4.6% Postgraduate degree 2.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications are in Engineering, Education, Management and commerce, and Architecture and building.

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 Dimbulah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322034/dimbulah/topic/education