42.7% ▲ +73.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Teralba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Teralba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Teralba have finished high school compared to the wider region, with only 42.7% completing Year 12. This gap is far below the national figure, creating a local landscape where trade qualifications and shorter courses are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.7% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 32.3% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Teralba, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.9% of the population, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 40.6% of residents.
16.9% ▲ +114.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 Teralba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Teralba has more schools within 3km than about 90% of similar areas, though it has fewer schools per 1,000 children than most. Government schools are the primary choice for families, accounting for 77.3% of the sector.
1.88
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 87% 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).
351
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Teralba
22 schools — 7,717 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 17 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 14 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Teralba Public School, Teralba | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 111 | 959 |
| Speers Point Public School, Speers Point | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 256 | 1,000 |
| Boolaroo Public School, Boolaroo | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 99 | 981 |
| Barnsley Public School, Barnsley | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 276 | 950 |
| Booragul Public School, Booragul | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 206 | 931 |
| Five Islands School, Booragul | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 51 | 890 |
| St Paul's Catholic College, Booragul | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 636 | 1,026 |
| Lake Macquarie High School, Booragul | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 435 | 925 |
| Argenton Public School, Argenton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 46 | 934 |
| Wakefield School, Wakefield | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 31 | 869 |
| Edgeworth Heights Public School, Edgeworth | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 305 | 969 |
| St Benedict's Primary School, Edgeworth | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 357 | 1,037 |
| Fassifern Public School, Fassifern | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 59 | 947 |
| Edgeworth Public School, Edgeworth | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 647 | 967 |
| Biddabah Public School, Warners Bay | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 348 | 1,065 |
| Fennell Bay Public School, Fennell Bay | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 159 | 889 |
| Charlton Christian College, Fassifern | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 831 | 1,063 |
| West Wallsend High School, West Wallsend | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 632 | 940 |
| Glendale Technology High School, Glendale | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 802 | 946 |
| Holy Cross Primary School, Glendale | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 153 | 1,036 |
| Blackalls Park Public School, Blackalls Park | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 217 | 966 |
| Macquarie College, Wallsend | Independent | Combined | 6.0 km | 1,060 | 1,110 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Teralba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13808/teralba/topic/education