46.5% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tabooba · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of Tabooba adults have finished Year 12, sitting at 46.5%. This is far below the national figure, though a fair number of residents hold high-level qualifications. The local education landscape is modest, centered around a single small government primary school.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. Around 44.2% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
46.5% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tabooba splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (47%) and Year 10 (44%), with Year 11 at 9%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.9% of residents.
20.9% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tabooba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Postgraduate degree (10%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in Tabooba are spread across several fields, with creative arts being the most common at 18.8%. Health, education, and society and culture each account for 12.5% of qualifications.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is smaller than most and has a lower advantage score than most 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).
130
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 130 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tamrookum State School, Tamrookum | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 130 | 973 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tabooba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32715/tabooba/topic/education