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Education & Qualifications in Tamborine Mountain

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Far more people in Tamborine Mountain hold university degrees than in the state average. This educational gap is clear across the board, with a significant rise in both high school completion and higher qualifications over the last five years.

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Where Tamborine Mountain sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

27.9% —

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tamborine Mountain — higher than 93% of areas.

Tamborine Mountain27.9%
4272, QLD 27.8%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion has climbed 15 points since 2016 to 61.3%. This is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and is among the highest levels for similar areas.

Completed Year 12

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61.3% —

Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Tamborine Mountain, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 21%.

Year 12 61.3% Year 10 19.2% Year 11 7.0% Year 9 or below 5.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 15 points since 2016 to 27.9%. This is well above the state average, with bachelor degrees being the most common high-level qualification at 26.1%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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27.9% —

Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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Tamborine Mountain splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.

Bachelor degree 26.1% Certificate III / IV 24.1% Advanced diploma / diploma 18.5% Postgraduate degree 8.9% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.1% Certificate I / II 1.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by society and culture at 12.4% and engineering at 12.1%.

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 Tamborine Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314022/tamborine-mountain/topic/education