38.1% ▲ +227.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taminda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taminda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.1% of residents in Taminda finished Year 12, a figure far below the national and state averages. This gap is seen across the board, with university degrees and high school completion rates both sitting well under the figures for most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and national figures, trailing both by 21 percentage points. About a third of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taminda, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 47%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.9% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national average. Bachelor degrees are the most common qualification at 19.2%, followed by Certificate III or IVs at 15.4%.
11.9% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Taminda, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of qualification for those with a degree, accounting for 19.2% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 16 schools within 3 km, which is more than 87% of similar areas. While the average school size is much higher than most areas, the average school advantage score is much lower.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
537
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Taminda
16 schools — 8,587 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 6 · Combined 1
| McCarthy Catholic College, West Tamworth | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 935 | 991 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, West Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 185 | 1,003 |
| Tamworth West Public School, West Tamworth | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 370 | 908 |
| Peel High School, Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 629 | 831 |
| Tamworth South Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 477 | 828 |
| Oxley Vale Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 377 | 870 |
| Calrossy Anglican School, Tamworth | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,033 | 1,079 |
| Tamworth High School, South Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 663 | 860 |
| Tamworth Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 891 | 997 |
| Bullimbal School, South Tamworth | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 70 | 870 |
| St Edward's Primary School, South Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 525 | 956 |
| Parry School, West Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 20 | 753 |
| Westdale Public School, Westdale | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 370 | 870 |
| Oxley High School, North Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,007 | 936 |
| St Nicholas' Primary School, Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 586 | 1,042 |
| Hillvue Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 449 | 761 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taminda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13761/taminda/topic/education