35.5% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Trangie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Trangie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Trangie from New South Wales in Year 12 completion rates. This highlights a trend of lower formal schooling across the area, where only 35.5% of residents finished high school. These figures are far below both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% figure for New South Wales. About 29% of the population left school after Year 10, while 15.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Trangie, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas, with only 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 32.3% of adults.
9.2% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Trangie, 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.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 14.8%, followed by Education at 10.9% and Management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Trangie has 10.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The schools are typically small, averaging 99 students, and are split evenly between government and Catholic providers.
10.42
Higher than 75% 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).
99
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
848
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Trangie
2 schools — 197 students, average ICSEA 848.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St John's Parish School, Trangie | Catholic | Primary | 7.2 km | 30 | 823 |
| Trangie Central School, Trangie | Government | Combined | 7.4 km | 167 | 852 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Trangie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13950/trangie/topic/education