37.7% ▲ +27.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thulimbah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thulimbah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Thulimbah from the national figure for Year 12 completions. This reflects a community where formal schooling levels are much lower than in most other areas. Only 37.7% of residents finished high school, and university degrees are also far less common here than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Roughly 26.4% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thulimbah, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.9% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.7% of residents.
10.9% ▲ +93.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Thulimbah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 13.7%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Thulimbah has a high number of schools for its child population, though the average school size is among the lowest at just 18 students. The local primary schools are all government-run.
21.28
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Thulimbah
2 schools — 36 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Thulimbah State School, Thulimbah | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 21 | 904 |
| The Summit State School, The Summit | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 15 | 967 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thulimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32821/thulimbah/topic/education