27.5% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taromeo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taromeo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Taromeo have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 27.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where the rate of bachelor degrees is much lower than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 36.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taromeo, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 8.9% of adults, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, trade qualifications are more common, with 44.0% of qualified residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
8.9% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Taromeo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce and society and culture, each at 13.5%. Engineering and related fields follow closely at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller 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 Taromeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32753/taromeo/topic/education