48.7% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tyalgum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tyalgum Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher rates of university degrees than most similar areas define Tyalgum Creek. While nearly 29% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this sits alongside a much lower rate of Year 12 completion compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 27.4% of people stopped at Year 10, and 12.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tyalgum Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 28.9% of adults, a little above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common high-level qualification is a bachelor degree, held by 39.7% of the population.
28.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 Tyalgum Creek, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Tyalgum Creek are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 14.7%. Health (13.2%) and agriculture and environment (11.8%) are also frequent areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is smaller than most at its level with an average size of 13 students. Its advantage score of 978 sits around the middle for similar schools.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tyalgum Creek
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tyalgum Public School, Tyalgum | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 13 | 978 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tyalgum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14013/tyalgum-creek/topic/education