42.2% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tamban · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tamban
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Tamban have completed high school or university compared to the state and national averages. Only 42.2% of people finished Year 12, which is about 17 percentage points below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents, 47%, listed Year 10 as their highest year of schooling. This helps explain why the rate of Year 12 completion is far below the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tamban splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (43%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 11 at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 13.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical at 28.6%.
13.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Tamban, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Health at 22.4% and Education at 16.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though it is much smaller than most others with an average size of 57 students. This school also has an advantage score of 926, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
57
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tamban
1 school — 57 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Eungai Public School, Eungai Creek | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 57 | 926 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tamban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13758/tamban/topic/education