37.8% ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Theodore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Theodore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Theodore have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the state, with only 37.8% finishing Year 12. This creates a local profile where trade-based certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the national figure, with only 37.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is 21 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Theodore, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common here than in Queensland, with just 10.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 42.6% of residents.
10.1% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Theodore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 23.6%, followed by Education at 9.7% and Society and Culture at 8.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local area is served by one government combined school, which is smaller than most similar areas. While the school advantage score is much lower than most areas, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in most places.
10.87
Higher than 76% 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).
150
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Theodore
1 school — 150 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Theodore State School, Theodore | Government | Combined | 0.0 km | 150 | 947 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32807/theodore/topic/education