28.1% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Torbanlea · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Torbanlea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Torbanlea, held by 42.6% of residents. The area has very low levels of formal schooling and higher degrees compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.1% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This level of schooling has barely changed since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Torbanlea splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 4.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing the area among the lowest in the country. This figure fell 4.2 points since 2011 and is far below the Queensland rate of 21.9%.
4.2% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Torbanlea, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 17.6% and engineering and related fields at 16.5%.
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 Torbanlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322125/torbanlea/topic/education