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Education & Qualifications in Tully

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

Tully sits around the middle of similar areas for school completion, though overall qualifications remain low. Only 7.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. While more people are finishing school than in the past, the town has a smaller proportion of university-qualified residents than both Queensland and Australia.

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📍 Tully, Urban Centre

Where Tully sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

7.8% ▲ +27.1%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tully — lower than 76% of areas.

Tully7.8%
4854, QLD 7.0%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Fewer people here have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 38.6% completing Year 12. This is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%, though it has rose 14 points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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38.6% ▲ +58.0%

Higher than 50% 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 Tully, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (15%).

Year 12 38.6% Year 10 24.2% Year 9 or below 12.6% Year 11 7.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Higher degrees are rare in Tully, as the 7.8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.2% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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7.8% ▲ +27.1%

Lower than 76% 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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In Tully, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).

Certificate III / IV 29.2% Bachelor degree 12.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.1% Certificate I / II 2.2% Postgraduate degree 1.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 1.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 13.7%, followed by management and commerce at 9.7%.

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 Tully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315095/tully/topic/education