38.2% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tinonee · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.2% of people in Tinonee completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in school completion is a standout feature of the area, where fewer residents hold high-level qualifications compared to the rest of Australia.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and national rates, with a gap of 21 percentage points. About 36.8% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 11.9% finished Year 9 or below.
38.2% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tinonee splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.5% of residents.
14.8% ▲ +45.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tinonee, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 14.6%, followed closely by Health at 14.2%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the average school size is lower. Both schools within 3km are primary schools, split evenly between government and independent sectors.
8.62
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
95
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
2 schools — 190 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2
| Tinonee Public School, Tinonee | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 158 | 948 |
| Manning Adventist School, Tinonee | Independent | Primary | 2.7 km | 32 | 952 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tinonee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13893/tinonee/topic/education