77.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tallawong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tallawong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher proportion of residents in Tallawong have completed Year 12 compared to the national figure, with 77% finishing school. This high level of schooling is reflected in the professional profile of the area, where nearly 44% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far above the New South Wales and Australian figures, with 77% of people finishing Year 12. Only 3.3% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tallawong, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, as 43.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the state average of 27.8%.
43.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Tallawong, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Certificate III / IV (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in management and commerce (24.9%), followed by engineering (14.6%) and information technology (11.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tallawong has a large number of schools within 3 km, with an average school size of 791 students. Most of these are government schools (63.3%) and primary schools (56.7%).
30
Higher than 88% 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).
791
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,097
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tallawong
30 schools — 23,742 students, average ICSEA 1,097.
By sector: Government 19 · Catholic 7 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 17 · Combined 7 · Secondary 6
| Tallawong Public School, Rouse Hill | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 121 | 1,083 |
| Galungara Public School, Schofields | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 882 | 1,106 |
| Schofields Public School, Schofields | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 1,119 | 1,086 |
| The Ponds High School, The Ponds | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 2,321 | 1,118 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Schofields | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 724 | 1,108 |
| St John Paul II Catholic College (Schofields), Schofields | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,159 | 1,074 |
| Riverbank Public School, The Ponds | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 2,030 | 1,141 |
| Riverstone High School, Riverstone | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 861 | 979 |
| South Creek School, Riverstone | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 82 | 982 |
| Rouse Hill Anglican College, Rouse Hill | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,578 | 1,137 |
| The Ponds School, The Ponds | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 120 | 1,038 |
| Ngarra Christian College, Riverstone | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 37 | 1,085 |
| Norwest Christian College, Riverstone | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 1,187 | 1,109 |
| Riverstone Public School, Riverstone | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 599 | 986 |
| St John's Primary School, Riverstone | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 228 | 1,113 |
| John Palmer Public School, The Ponds | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 950 | 1,125 |
| Casuarina School, Riverstone | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 40 | 912 |
| Hambledon Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 633 | 1,072 |
| Nirimba Fields Public School, Nirimba Fields | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 210 | 1,126 |
| Rouse Hill Public School, Rouse Hill | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 1,058 | 1,093 |
| Barnier Public School, Quakers Hill | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 788 | 1,078 |
| Mary Immaculate Primary School, Quakers Hill | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 598 | 1,098 |
| Kellyville Ridge Public School, Kellyville Ridge | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 671 | 1,107 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Primary), Stanhope Gardens | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 799 | 1,112 |
| Wyndham College, Quakers Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 378 | 1,003 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Secondary), Stanhope Gardens | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,166 | 1,097 |
| Marsden Park Anglican College, Marsden Park | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 733 | 1,109 |
| Rouse Hill High School, Rouse Hill | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,316 | 1,067 |
| Ironbark Ridge Public School, Rouse Hill | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 754 | 1,156 |
| Our Lady of the Angels Primary School, Kellyville | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 600 | 1,105 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tallawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13747/tallawong/topic/education