47.3% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tungamull · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tungamull
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 40% of adults in Tungamull hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 47.3%, have completed Year 12. This is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and far below the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tungamull, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. This lower level of university education is consistent with the area's overall schooling trends.
11.0% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Tungamull, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is engineering and related subjects at 29.3%, followed by society and culture at 8.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tungamull has one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with an average size of just 7 students.
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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tungamull
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coowonga State School, Coowonga | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 7 | 956 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tungamull [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32886/tungamull/topic/education