33.5% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tambo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tambo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have remained low in Tambo, where only 5.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most residents have a practical education, with a strong lean towards trade certificates and school-leaving levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 34.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tambo splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with a bachelor level or higher reached by only 5.2% of adults. This is much lower than most areas, and Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification at 37.9%.
5.2% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 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 Tambo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Tambo are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 15.3%, followed by Education at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tambo has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to similar areas. Its only school is a government-run combined primary and secondary campus with a small average size of 54 students.
18.52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
54
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
929
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tambo
1 school — 54 students, average ICSEA 929.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tambo State School, Tambo | Government | Combined | 8.7 km | 54 | 929 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32730/tambo/topic/education