32.6% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toogoolawah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Toogoolawah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Toogoolawah have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 32.6% of people finished Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has fallen to 8.4%. This reflects a local trend of lower formal education levels compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.6% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 14 points since 2011. The most common highest school year reached was Year 10, at 33.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Toogoolawah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.4% of the population, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV, at 45.2%.
8.4% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Toogoolawah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.2%. Management and commerce follow at 12.2%.
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 Toogoolawah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315093/toogoolawah/topic/education