60.8% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tanja · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tanja
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling and university degrees shape the local profile of Tanja. More than 60% of residents have completed Year 12, and over a third of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 60.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tanja, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 35.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the 26.3% national average.
35.5% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.5%
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 Tanja, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Education (15.0%) and Health (14.2%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tanja has one primary government school within 3km, though it is very small with a typical size of just 6 students.
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.
1,085
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tanja
1 school — 6 students, average ICSEA 1,085.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tanja Public School, Tanja | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 6 | 1,085 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tanja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13765/tanja/topic/education