37.9% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thangool · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thangool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Thangool hold high-level qualifications compared to most similar areas. Only 37.9% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern of lower formal schooling is reflected in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below those in Queensland and Australia. About 31.7% of residents finished Year 10, while 15.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thangool, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 54.4% of the community.
6.4% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Thangool, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 29%, followed by management and commerce at 11.2%. Education and society and culture each account for around 8% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, meaning there are more schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. This school is smaller than those in most similar places.
7.35
Higher than 68% 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).
156
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Thangool
1 school — 156 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Thangool State School, Thangool | Government | Primary | 10.3 km | 156 | 965 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thangool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32781/thangool/topic/education