54.5% ▲ +110.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tamborine · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Tamborine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge 29 percentage point jump in high school completion since 2011 marks a major shift in education for Tamborine (L). While more people are finishing school, the area remains far below the national figure for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Over half of residents have finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this 54.5% figure is still a little below the Queensland average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tamborine, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below both the state and national figures. Most people here hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 44.1% of qualifications.
7.8% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Tamborine, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in engineering and related fields at 21.8%, followed by management and commerce at 17.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Tamborine
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tamborine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321098/tamborine/topic/education