31.4% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toorbul · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Toorbul
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower-than-average school and university completion rates shape the workforce in Toorbul. Only 31.4% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a higher proportion of adults here rely on trade and vocational training rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Toorbul have finished high school than in most other areas, with Year 12 completion falling 6.2 percentage points since 2011. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 38.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Toorbul, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here; only 7.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Instead, nearly half of residents (48.2%) hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
7.3% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Toorbul, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are heavily focused on practical trades, with Engineering (18.4%) and Architecture and building (12.7%) being the most common fields of study.
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 Toorbul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321107/toorbul/topic/education