25.1% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.7%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Texas · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Texas
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Texas (L) have completed secondary or tertiary study compared to most other areas. Only 25.1% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion in Texas (L) is far below the national figure of 58.8%, and it has dropped 24 points since 2011. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 34.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Texas, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas and far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.5% of residents.
7.4% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Texas, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are Engineering and related fields at 12.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.7%.
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 Texas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321101/texas/topic/education