40.5% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tinana · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tinana
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Tinana have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 40.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where trade qualifications are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. In this area, 33.9% of people finished Year 10, while 12% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tinana, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national rate of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 45.1% of residents.
10.7% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Tinana, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 21.6%, followed by management and commerce at 15.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
While there are 13 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in most similar areas. Most local schools are government-run (76.9%) and primary schools (61.5%).
1.10
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
412
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tinana
13 schools — 5,353 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Tinana State School, Tinana | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 452 | 961 |
| Sunbury State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 210 | 900 |
| St Mary's College, Maryborough | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 313 | 1,010 |
| Maryborough State High School, Maryborough | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,214 | 952 |
| Maryborough Central State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 157 | 863 |
| Riverside Christian College, Maryborough | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,329 | 1,004 |
| Albert State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 126 | 899 |
| Maryborough West State School, Maryborough | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 269 | 918 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Maryborough | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 359 | 1,005 |
| Aldridge State High School, Maryborough | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 581 | 932 |
| Maryborough Special School, Maryborough | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 75 | 946 |
| Granville State School, Granville | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 212 | 902 |
| Parke State School, Tinana South | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 56 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tinana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32827/tinana/topic/education