54.9% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tieri · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tieri
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Tieri hold a Certificate III or IV, reflecting a workforce heavily geared toward trade skills. While the area has a strong focus on practical training, it has far fewer university degrees than the national average. This mix of skills is common in mining-focused towns.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure is well below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tieri, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below both the Queensland (21.9%) and national (26.3%) figures. Trade certificates are much more common, with 46.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.4% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Tieri, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related qualifications are the most common field of study at 34.4%. Other common areas include management and commerce at 11.7% and health at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tieri's schools are smaller and have lower advantage scores than most similar areas. The town has one primary school, and all local schooling is provided by the government.
5.03
Higher than 59% 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).
99
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tieri
1 school — 99 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tieri State School, Tieri | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 99 | 949 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tieri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32825/tieri/topic/education