33.8% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Imbil · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Imbil
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 42% of adults in Imbil hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification in the area. While a few more people have finished school than they did a decade ago, the town's overall education levels remain much lower than both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is a low result compared to most areas, though it has risen 6.2 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Imbil splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.6% of the population, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. This figure has grown slightly since 2011, but remains much lower than in most other areas.
8.6% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Imbil, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 12.6%, followed by management and commerce at 11.7% and engineering at 10.2%.
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 Imbil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322060/imbil/topic/education