41.2% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Telegraph Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Telegraph Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.2% of adults in Telegraph Point have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in secondary schooling is reflected in the qualification rates, with few residents holding university degrees compared to other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who completed Year 12 is 41.2%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 29.1% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Telegraph Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 11.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39.8% of people.
11.5% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Telegraph Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 17.5%, followed by society and culture at 14.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the local primary school is smaller than average.
10.20
Higher than 75% 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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Telegraph Point
1 school — 126 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Telegraph Point Public School, Telegraph Point | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 126 | 968 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13796/telegraph-point/topic/education