45.9% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thornton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Thornton finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 45.9% completing their final school year. This gap is seen across the board, as the area also has a much lower share of university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland and the 58.8% national figure. Many residents left school earlier, with 27.1% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thornton, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 13.9% of adults, which is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.8% of the population.
13.9% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Thornton splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (39%) and Bachelor degree (38%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 21.6%, followed by Society and Culture at 14.4% and Management and Commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Thornton has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, but the typical school is very small with only 17 students. The local school sector is entirely made up of government primary schools.
32.26
Higher than 95% 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
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 Thornton
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Thornton State School, Thornton | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 17 | 966 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32816/thornton/topic/education