45.5% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thallon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thallon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Thallon have remained steady but are generally lower than state and national figures. Only 45.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national average of 58.8%. This pattern extends to higher education, where university degrees are less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45.5%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 30.3% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thallon, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.7% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.5% of residents.
10.7% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Thallon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and environment being the most common at 25.3%. Health follows at 13.7%, and Management and commerce at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 19.61 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local primary school is run by the government and is quite small, with an average size of 16 students.
19.61
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Thallon
1 school — 16 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Thallon State School, Thallon | Government | Primary | 10.9 km | 16 | 993 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thallon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32778/thallon/topic/education