36.7% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackall Tambo · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Blackall Tambo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 36.7% of people in Blackall Tambo have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While school completion has risen since 2011, the area generally has fewer formal qualifications than most other regions. This is reflected in a small number of residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures, though it rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011. About 30.6% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 17.1% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackall Tambo, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 9.6% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas and far below the national average. Certificate III or IV is the most common highest qualification, held by 34.2% of people.
9.6% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Blackall Tambo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are Engineering and related subjects at 15.5%, followed by Management and Commerce at 13.7% and Education at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Blackall Tambo has three schools with a typical size of 66 students, which is much lower than most areas. There are 9.52 schools per 1,000 children, a figure much higher than most other regions.
3
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
9.52
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
197
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
66
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blackall Tambo
3 schools — 197 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Blackall State School, Blackall | Government | Combined | — | 90 | 892 |
| Tambo State School, Tambo | Government | Combined | — | 54 | 929 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackall | Catholic | Primary | — | 53 | 972 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackall Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30760/blackall-tambo/topic/education