52.7% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Horn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Horn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people have finished high school in Horn than in most similar areas, though this still falls well below the national figure. A strong focus on trade and technical skills is evident here, with about 10.6% of adults holding a university degree, which is far below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.7% of residents completed Year 12, a rate higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Other residents stopped their formal schooling at Year 10 (16.3%) or Year 11 (11.4%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Horn, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV (34.8%) or a diploma (17.2%).
10.6% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Horn, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Horn are most common in Engineering (18%) and Management and Commerce (13.1%), followed by Education at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government school within 3km of the area, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 742, among the lowest at this level.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
1,261
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
742
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Horn
1 school — 1,261 students, average ICSEA 742.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tagai State College, Thursday Island | Government | Combined | 7.1 km | 1,261 | 742 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Horn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31359/horn/topic/education