19.1% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tingha · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tingha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Tingha finished high school than the state average, with only 19.1% completing Year 12. This creates a significant gap compared to New South Wales, where nearly 59% of residents finished their secondary education. Education levels here are much lower than in most other similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 19.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Instead, the most common highest year of school completed was Year 10 at 31.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tingha splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (34%), with Year 12 at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
3.0% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Tingha, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 15.8% and engineering at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tingha has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is much lower than usual at just 28 students. The local system is entirely government-run and consists only of primary schools.
7.04
Higher than 67% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
714
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tingha
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 714.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tingha Public School, Tingha | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 28 | 714 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tingha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13891/tingha/topic/education