42.6% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taabinga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taabinga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Taabinga have remained steady, though the area lacks high proportions of university degrees. Only 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This highlights a local workforce more reliant on trade and vocational training than university qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taabinga, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common, with 41.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of adults with a university degree is far below the Australian average.
11.2% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Taabinga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area are most likely to have studied Engineering and related fields, at 21.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area. Its average advantage score of 934 is much lower than most similar areas.
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).
394
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Taabinga
1 school — 394 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Taabinga State School, Kingaroy | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 394 | 934 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taabinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32712/taabinga/topic/education