41.2% ▲ +61.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taralga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taralga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Taralga finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 41.2% completing Year 12. This significant gap is mirrored in higher education, where the rate of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 31.3% of people stopped after Year 10, while 14.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taralga, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.8% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.8% of residents.
13.8% ▲ +86.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Taralga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Taralga are most often trained in management and commerce at 15.4%, followed by engineering at 12.8% and health at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are small government primary schools. These schools have an average size of just 11 students and a lower advantage score than most areas.
18.18
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Taralga
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Taralga Public School, Taralga | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 11 | 965 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taralga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13774/taralga/topic/education