44.7% ▲ +82.3%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tinaroo · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Tinaroo compared to the rest of the country. While the area has seen a big jump in education levels since 2011, it still sits well below the state and national figures for both school completion and university degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 20 points since 2011 to reach 44.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
44.7% ▲ +82.3%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Tinaroo, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 11 points to 15.4% since 2011, though this remains far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.4% ▲ +260.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tinaroo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 20.0%, followed by education at 17.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tinaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322122/tinaroo/topic/education