31.2% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tullamore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tullamore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people finished high school in Tullamore than in most other areas, with only 31.2% completing Year 12. This gap is stark compared to the national figure of 58.8%, suggesting a community where many residents left school early to start working.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. More people in the area stopped after Year 10, which represents 32.9% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tullamore splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.4% of residents.
13.3% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Tullamore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 13.0%. Engineering, health, and agriculture and environment also feature strongly, each around 10% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tullamore has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these schools are much smaller and have lower advantage scores. All local schools are government-run combined institutions.
14.08
Higher than 82% 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).
54
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
915
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tullamore
1 school — 54 students, average ICSEA 915.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tullamore Central School, Tullamore | Government | Combined | 9.7 km | 54 | 915 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tullamore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13972/tullamore/topic/education