36.9% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarome · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tarome
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Tarome have completed high school than in most similar areas, which is a trend that has persisted since 2011. Only 36.9% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 36.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 29.1% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 18.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tarome, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.0% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.8% of residents.
11.0% ▲ +235.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Tarome, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 20.7% and Health at 17.2%, followed by Agriculture and Environment at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tarome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32752/tarome/topic/education