28.3% ▲ +43.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarro · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tarro
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly half of all qualified adults in Tarro hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where few people have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with only 28.3% of residents finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 38.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tarro, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is much lower than in most areas. While 49.2% of people hold a Certificate III or IV, only 13.2% have a bachelor degree.
7.7% ▲ +119.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Tarro, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Tarro are most often in Engineering and related fields at 20.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.4% and Society and culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 7.43 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, and six schools are located within 3km. However, the average school advantage score is 914, which is much lower than in most other areas.
7.43
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
271
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tarro
6 schools — 1,626 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Tarro Public School, Tarro | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 115 | 892 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 260 | 1,013 |
| Woodberry Public School, Woodberry | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 221 | 817 |
| Francis Greenway High School, Beresfield | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 742 | 912 |
| Woodberry Learning Centre, Woodberry | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 26 | 844 |
| Beresfield Public School, Beresfield | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 262 | 918 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tarro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13786/tarro/topic/education