37.1% ▲ +19.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Torquay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Torquay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Torquay have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 37.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern of lower educational attainment is seen across both school and tertiary levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.1% of people finished Year 12, a result far below both Queensland and Australia. About 29.5% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 15% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Torquay, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.5% of residents.
11.1% ▲ +51.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Torquay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Torquay are most likely to have studied Engineering and related fields at 13.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.4% and Management and Commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10 schools within 3km, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. While the typical school is quite large at 653 students, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other areas.
1.17
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
653
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
980
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Torquay
10 schools — 6,530 students, average ICSEA 980.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Urangan State High School, Urangan | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 1,342 | 961 |
| Torquay State School, Torquay | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 183 | 875 |
| Sandy Strait State School, Urangan | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 706 | 965 |
| Star of the Sea Catholic School, Torquay | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 388 | 1,010 |
| Hervey Bay Special School, Kawungan | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 105 | 970 |
| Kawungan State School, Kawungan | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 877 | 976 |
| Urangan Point State School, Urangan | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 272 | 914 |
| Fraser Coast Anglican College, Wondunna | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,010 | 1,098 |
| Pialba State School, Pialba | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 367 | 901 |
| Hervey Bay State High School, Pialba | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,280 | 963 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Torquay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32859/torquay/topic/education