31.6% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarcutta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tarcutta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 31.6% of people in Tarcutta completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a community where most adults have a practical trade qualification rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below those in New South Wales and Australia, sitting at 31.6%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 36.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tarcutta, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common than in the state, with only 12.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.6% of residents.
12.4% ▲ +33.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Tarcutta, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most commonly tied to the land and industry, with Agriculture and Environment (17.8%) and Engineering (17.3%) being the leading fields of study.
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 the local primary school is small with an average of 22 students and is run entirely by the government.
13.70
Higher than 81% 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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
874
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tarcutta
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 874.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tarcutta Public School, Tarcutta | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 22 | 874 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tarcutta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13778/tarcutta/topic/education