26.9% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tiaro · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tiaro
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Tiaro have remained well below state and national figures. Only 6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This trend is reflected in the schooling data, where Year 12 completion is much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10, at 33.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tiaro, the largest group is Year 10 at 37%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Degrees are rare here, with only 6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 39.4% of the total.
6.0% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Tiaro, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most often studied engineering and related fields, at 16.1%. Health and society and culture were also common, each representing 10.3% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tiaro has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than most areas at just 45 students. All schools here are government primary schools.
9.62
Higher than 74% 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).
45
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tiaro
1 school — 45 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tiaro State School, Tiaro | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 45 | 924 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tiaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32824/tiaro/topic/education