42.4% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Turlinjah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Turlinjah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-two per cent of Turlinjah residents completed Year 12, though the area has a much lower rate of high school completion than the state average. This reflects a community where many adults have focused on trade-based training rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest school year reached was Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 27.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Turlinjah, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a university degree are far less common here than across Australia, at just 15.6%. Instead, trade certificates are the most frequent qualification, with 42% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
15.6% ▲ +69.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Turlinjah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Turlinjah are most likely to have studied Engineering (18.2%) or Architecture and building (15.9%). Other common fields include Society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Turlinjah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13993/turlinjah/topic/education