34.4% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tallimba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tallimba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has remained low in Tallimba, where only 34.4% of residents have finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure, and the area has very few people with university degrees. It is a community where practical certificates are much more common than academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.4% of people in Tallimba finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%. Many residents left school earlier, with another 34.4% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tallimba splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with just 8.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 46.9% of people.
8.9% ▲ +81.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Tallimba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related studies at 18.5%. Agriculture, Health, and Education follow, each accounting for 9.9% of degrees or certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tallimba has a single government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with an average size of just 6 students. This results in 20.41 schools per 1,000 children, a figure much higher than most areas.
20.41
Higher than 88% 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).
6
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tallimba
1 school — 6 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tallimba Public School, Tallimba | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 6 | 954 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tallimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13748/tallimba/topic/education