33.9% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tambar Springs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tambar Springs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.9% of people in Tambar Springs have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a sparsely populated area where school completion and higher degrees are much lower than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure, with only 33.9% of residents finishing. About 30.3% of people reached Year 10, while 16.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tambar Springs splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as the 9.8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national average. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 20.5% and diplomas at 19.7%.
9.8% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Tambar Springs splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (31%), with Bachelor degree at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in Engineering or Agriculture and the environment, both at 12.9%. Management, commerce, society, and culture each account for 9.1% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is quite small with an average of 12 students. This school also has an advantage score among the lowest for similar 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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
822
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tambar Springs
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 822.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Premer Public School, Premer | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 12 | 822 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tambar Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13759/tambar-springs/topic/education