45.2% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toobanna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Toobanna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Toobanna have completed high school or university compared to most other similar areas. Just 45.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lower level of formal schooling is reflected in the qualifications held by local adults.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45.2%, which is far below both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%. Roughly 28% of residents finished Year 10, while 13.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Toobanna, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though nearly half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.9% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Toobanna, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 28.8%, followed by Management and Commerce at 13.5% and Education at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Toobanna has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are small government primary schools with an average size of just 18 students.
21.28
Higher than 89% 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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
798
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Toobanna
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 798.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Toobanna State School, Toobanna | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 18 | 798 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Toobanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32842/toobanna/topic/education