28.1% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Terara · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Terara
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Terara have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 28.1% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a profile where a smaller proportion of the adult population holds high-level academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 was the highest school level reached for 36.5% of residents. Only 28.1% completed Year 12, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages by 31 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Terara, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 11.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more frequent at 32.7%.
11.3% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Terara, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for those with degrees are society and culture at 14%, and management and commerce at 13.3%. Engineering and education both account for 10% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Terara has a high number of schools within 3km, with 13 options available. While these schools are typically much larger than those in similar areas, the average school advantage score is lower than most other areas.
34.48
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
556
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Terara
13 schools — 7,228 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Terara Public School, Terara | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 96 | 1,009 |
| Nowra High School, Nowra | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 777 | 944 |
| Nowra East Public School, Nowra East | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 420 | 784 |
| Nowra Public School, Nowra | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 517 | 904 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Nowra | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 537 | 994 |
| Nowra Anglican College, Bomaderry | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 1,152 | 1,094 |
| Shoalhaven River College, Bomaderry | Independent | Secondary | 3.0 km | 48 | 931 |
| Bomaderry Public School, Bomaderry | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 406 | 908 |
| Shoalhaven High School, Nowra | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 610 | 862 |
| Bomaderry High School, Bomaderry | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 707 | 955 |
| Illaroo Road Public School, North Nowra | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 451 | 992 |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic High School, Nowra | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 935 | 1,028 |
| Nowra Christian School, Nowra | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 572 | 1,033 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Terara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13810/terara/topic/education