60.3% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tanawha · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tanawha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Tanawha have finished high school than in most other similar areas, with 60.3% completing Year 12. This educational achievement is mirrored in the workforce, where a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is well above the Queensland figure at 60.3%, which is a little above the national rate of 58.8%. Roughly 20% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tanawha, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 24.4%, which is a little above the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.2% of adults.
24.4% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Tanawha splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 19.2%, followed by health at 14.7% and engineering at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 12 schools within 3km, which is more than 84% of similar areas. These schools have a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas, with 58.3% being government-run.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
855
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,083
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tanawha
12 schools — 10,255 students, average ICSEA 1,083.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 5 · Secondary 2
| Siena Catholic College, Sippy Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 889 | 1,073 |
| Siena Catholic Primary School, Sippy Downs | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 616 | 1,081 |
| Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,426 | 1,155 |
| Chancellor State College, Sippy Downs | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 2,609 | 1,042 |
| Chevallum State School, Chevallum | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 456 | 1,054 |
| Palmview State Secondary College, Palmview | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 379 | 1,021 |
| Sunshine Coast Grammar School, Forest Glen | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 1,472 | 1,133 |
| Buderim Mountain State School, Buderim | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 1,183 | 1,096 |
| Palmview State Primary School, Palmview | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 596 | 1,037 |
| Palmview State Special School, Palmview | Government | Combined | 4.7 km | 102 | 1,023 |
| Glenview State School, Glenview | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 251 | 1,062 |
| Montessori International College, Forest Glen | Independent | Combined | 6.0 km | 276 | 1,104 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tanawha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32736/tanawha/topic/education