54.0% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taroomball · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taroomball
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Taroomball, where 43.4% of people hold these. While school completion is higher than in many similar areas, the community generally has fewer university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is well below the Queensland rate of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taroomball, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3% and well below Queensland's 21.9%.
14.3% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Taroomball, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 18.2%, followed closely by management and commerce at 17.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Taroomball has five schools within 3 km, more than 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 625 students.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
625
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Taroomball
5 schools — 3,125 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Yeppoon | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 552 | 1,025 |
| Taranganba State School, Taranganba | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 604 | 966 |
| Yeppoon State High School, Yeppoon | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 1,062 | 958 |
| St Ursula's College, Yeppoon | Catholic | Secondary | 5.5 km | 606 | 1,014 |
| Yeppoon State School, Yeppoon | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 301 | 945 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taroomball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32756/taroomball/topic/education