39.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Taylors Arm · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Taylors Arm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Upper Taylors Arm finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 39.2% completing Year 12. This gap of 20 percentage points below the national figure marks the most striking education trend for the area. Most residents hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 30.4% of people finished Year 10, while 10.8% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Taylors Arm, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.7%, which is far below the national figure. Instead, over half of the community, 53.4%, hold a Certificate III or IV qualification.
13.7% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Upper Taylors Arm, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 20.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.8% and Society and culture at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 33 students. This gives Upper Taylors Arm one of the highest rates of schools per 1,000 children.
37.04
Higher than 98% 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).
33
Lower than 89% 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 Upper Taylors Arm
1 school — 33 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Medlow Public School, Medlow | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 33 | 978 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Taylors Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14063/upper-taylors-arm/topic/education