46.5% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Roma · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Roma
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Roma, held by 36.6% of adults. The area has a lower rate of formal schooling and higher degrees than both the state and national figures, reflecting a workforce focused on practical and trade skills.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. About a quarter of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Roma, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 14.1% of adults, which is well below the 21.9% seen across Queensland and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Roma, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 15.9%, followed closely by Management and commerce at 15.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Roma has just two schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 66% of similar areas, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas. The local schools are large, with an average size of 826 students, and are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
1.36
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
826
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Roma
2 schools — 1,651 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 2
| St John's School, Roma | Catholic | Combined | 2.6 km | 826 | 1,002 |
| Roma State College, Roma | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 825 | 887 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Roma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32464/roma/topic/education