23.9% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boonooroo - Tuan · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Boonooroo - Tuan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 23.9% of residents in Boonooroo - Tuan (L) have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This is an area where very few people hold university degrees, though the number of people with higher qualifications has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school level completed here, at 42.7%. The proportion of people finishing Year 12 is among the lowest for similar areas and sits far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boonooroo - Tuan, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 6.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Most people here hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the case for 49.8% of residents.
6.6% ▲ +601.3%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Boonooroo - Tuan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 24.5%. Other frequent areas of study include Management and commerce at 10.7% and Architecture and building at 10.3%.
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 Boonooroo - Tuan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322018/boonooroo-tuan/topic/education