39.3% ▲ +62.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tallawang · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tallawang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of adults in Tallawang hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While a fair number of people have university degrees, far fewer residents have finished Year 12 compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen in New South Wales. About 27% of residents finished Year 10, and 20.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tallawang, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 17.2% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Diploma and advanced diploma qualifications are held by 12.7% of the population.
17.2% ▲ +110.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Tallawang, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 21.1%. Health and Management & commerce both account for 15.5% of degrees, while 14.1% relate to Agriculture & environment.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tallawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13746/tallawang/topic/education