35.1% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Tenthill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Tenthill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Year 10 is the most common highest school year completed in Lower Tenthill, where 36.2% of residents reached this level. This is an area where few people hold university degrees, with only 5.2% of adults having a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lower Tenthill splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, as the 5.2% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most similar areas. Instead, Certificates III or IV are the most common qualification at 33.8%.
5.2% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 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 Lower Tenthill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and Health, both at 15.5%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lower Tenthill has more schools than most areas of its size, with seven schools within 3km. However, the average school advantage score is 946, which is much lower than most similar areas.
24.39
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
300
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
946
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lower Tenthill
7 schools — 2,098 students, average ICSEA 946.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 1
| Tent Hill Lower State School, Lower Tenthill | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 75 | 985 |
| Grantham State School, Grantham | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 73 | 925 |
| Ma Ma Creek State School, Ma Ma Creek | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 26 | 967 |
| Lockyer District State High School, Gatton | Government | Secondary | 5.6 km | 950 | 941 |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Gatton | Catholic | Primary | 6.1 km | 246 | 999 |
| Gatton State School, Gatton | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 399 | 875 |
| Peace Lutheran Primary School, Gatton | Independent | Primary | 6.3 km | 329 | 999 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Tenthill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31694/lower-tenthill/topic/education