35.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Talarm · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Talarm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people finished high school in Talarm than in other parts of the country, with only 35.8% completing Year 12. This lack of formal secondary schooling is a defining trait for the area, though a fair number of adults have gone on to gain trade certificates or diplomas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 32.8% of people stopped at Year 10, while 11.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Talarm splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 34.7% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Talarm, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 15.3%, followed by management and commerce at 14.4%. Education and health degrees also feature prominently at 12.7% and 11.9% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Talarm has four schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic providers, with three out of four being primary schools.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
235
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Talarm
4 schools — 941 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Catholic 2 · Government 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| St Mary's Primary School, Bowraville | Catholic | Primary | 5.6 km | 48 | 827 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Macksville | Catholic | Primary | 6.1 km | 244 | 1,002 |
| Macksville Public School, Macksville | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 284 | 925 |
| Macksville High School, Macksville | Government | Secondary | 6.6 km | 365 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Talarm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13743/talarm/topic/education