25.5% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tabulam · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tabulam
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 25.5% of people in Tabulam have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is one of the lowest rates for this level in the region, reflecting a community where few residents have finished high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest school year reached here is Year 10 at 28%, while 17.5% of people left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tabulam splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (34%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common than in most areas, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, though a quarter of adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
10.7% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Tabulam, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields (13.5%) and management and commerce (11.5%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tabulam has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the only school is a small government primary school with an average size of 63 students.
14.29
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
63
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
775
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tabulam
1 school — 63 students, average ICSEA 775.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tabulam Public School, Tabulam | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 63 | 775 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tabulam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13738/tabulam/topic/education