51.8% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Calala · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Calala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of the adults in Calala have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. While the local community is more qualified than many nearby places, these figures remain well below the state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Another 27.6% of people finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Calala, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 17.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. This is still far below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 38.7%.
17.8% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Calala, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 18.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.8% and education at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Calala has 16 schools within 3 km, which is more than about 87% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, and the typical school size is larger than most areas.
1.86
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
445
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Calala
16 schools — 7,121 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School, Calala | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 606 | 1,025 |
| Nemingha Public School, Nemingha | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 193 | 996 |
| Carinya Christian School Tamworth, Tamworth | Independent | Combined | 4.6 km | 857 | 1,034 |
| Liberty College, Tamworth | Independent | Primary | 5.4 km | 63 | 897 |
| Parry School, West Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 7.6 km | 20 | 753 |
| St Nicholas' Primary School, Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 7.7 km | 586 | 1,042 |
| Bullimbal School, South Tamworth | Government | Combined | 7.8 km | 70 | 870 |
| St Edward's Primary School, South Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 7.9 km | 525 | 956 |
| Tamworth High School, South Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 7.9 km | 663 | 860 |
| Timbumburi Public School, Timbumburi | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 159 | 1,003 |
| Tamworth South Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 477 | 828 |
| Hillvue Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 8.6 km | 449 | 761 |
| Tamworth Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 8.8 km | 891 | 997 |
| Tamworth West Public School, West Tamworth | Government | Primary | 8.9 km | 370 | 908 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, West Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 8.9 km | 185 | 1,003 |
| Oxley High School, North Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 9.3 km | 1,007 | 936 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Calala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10747/calala/topic/education