40.1% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tallong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tallong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Tallong from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Only 40.1% of residents finished their final year of school, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian averages. This trend towards lower school completion is mirrored in a lower rate of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 40.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is lower than most similar areas, with 33.5% of people having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tallong, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.8% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are more common, with Certificate III or IV being the most typical highest qualification at 36%.
16.8% ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Tallong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 17.9%. Other frequent areas of study include society and culture at 12.1% and management and commerce at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 5.92 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. The two primary schools within 3km are both government-run and are much smaller than average, with 51 students each.
5.92
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
51
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tallong
2 schools — 101 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Wingello Public School, Wingello | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 40 | 1,001 |
| Tallong Public School, Tallong | Government | Primary | 10.1 km | 61 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tallong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13749/tallong/topic/education