54.3% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toowoomba · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Toowoomba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well below the national figure for university degrees, Toowoomba has seen a steady rise in educational achievement. More people are finishing school and earning degrees than in 2011, though the city still trails behind the state and national averages in these areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.3% of residents have finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and rose 6.3 percentage points since 2011. However, this is still a little below the Queensland figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Toowoomba, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 20.9% of the population, a figure that rose 6.6 percentage points since 2011. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Australian average.
20.9% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 Toowoomba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce at 16.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.2%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3016/toowoomba/topic/education