53.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tandur · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tandur
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of the adults in Tandur have finished Year 12, though this is well below the national figure. While the area has a higher share of university degrees than most similar places, it still trails behind Queensland and Australian averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 58.8% national average. Other common outcomes include 26.7% finishing Year 10 and 8.9% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tandur, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.4% of the population, a figure well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 28.6% and diplomas at 18.1%.
18.4% ▲ +142.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Tandur, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Tandur most commonly studied Engineering and related fields (14.3%) or Society and Culture (11.4%). Other common fields include Agriculture and Environment at 10.5% and Management and Commerce at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one independent combined school within 3km, which is smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 44 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,033, which is higher 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).
44
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,033
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tandur
1 school — 44 students, average ICSEA 1,033.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mawarra Independent School, Kybong | Independent | Combined | 5.2 km | 44 | 1,033 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tandur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32740/tandur/topic/education