33.8% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarzali · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults in Tarzali hold university degrees than in most similar areas. However, a lower proportion of the community finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 33.8% completing Year 12.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, though it has risen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011. About 29.9% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
33.8% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarzali splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 13.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the Queensland average. Trade qualifications are the most common, with 38.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.1% ▲ +94.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tarzali, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
What people studied.
Among those with degrees or certificates, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 19.2%, followed by Society and Culture at 15.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tarzali [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322116/tarzali/topic/education