36.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tamrookum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tamrookum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 5.3% of adults in Tamrookum hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This gap reflects a broader trend in the area where fewer people have completed secondary school compared to other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 36.4% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below both Queensland and Australia. About 28.6% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tamrookum, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 9 or below (29%) and Year 10 (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in most areas, with only 5.3% of adults holding a university degree. Instead, 44.8% of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
5.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Tamrookum, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 34.5%, followed by engineering at 24.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, though it is smaller and has a lower advantage score than most similar schools.
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).
Schools serving Tamrookum
1 school — 130 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tamrookum State School, Tamrookum | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 130 | 973 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tamrookum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32733/tamrookum/topic/education