31.1% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tottenham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tottenham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.1% of people in Tottenham have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This means a huge majority of the local adult population left school before completing their final year, which is common for many of the area's residents.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical highest year of school finished here is Year 10, reached by 34.8% of people. This helps explain why the rate of Year 12 completion is 28 percentage points lower than in New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tottenham splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.1% of the population.
7.6% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Tottenham, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in this area often specialise in Agriculture and Environment (15.6%) or Engineering (13.1%), followed by Health and Education.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than in most areas. All local schools are government-run combined schools.
14.93
Higher than 83% 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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tottenham
1 school — 71 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tottenham Central School, Tottenham | Government | Combined | 9.0 km | 71 | 930 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tottenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13941/tottenham/topic/education