21.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taylors Arm · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taylors Arm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty per cent of residents in Taylors Arm left school after Year 10, which is the most common educational outcome for the area. This reflects a broader trend of lower formal schooling levels compared to the rest of the state, with very few adults holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 21.7% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales and national averages of around 59%. About 21% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taylors Arm, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (25%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though 40.4% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.3% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Taylors Arm, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 15.4%, followed by health, management, and creative arts, each at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3km. This school is much smaller than those in most other areas, with an average size of just 33 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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Taylors Arm
1 school — 33 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Medlow Public School, Medlow | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 33 | 978 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taylors Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13791/taylors-arm/topic/education