30.3% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
West Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in West Tamworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 29 percentage points separates West Tamworth from the state average for Year 12 completion. Only 30.3% of people here finished their final year of school, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 28.6% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 18.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →West Tamworth splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are also far below the state average, with only 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 31.8%.
9.2% ▲ +69.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 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 West Tamworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in management and commerce at 13.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, these schools have a much lower average advantage score than most areas.
2.68
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
513
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
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 West Tamworth
14 schools — 7,177 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Tamworth South Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 477 | 828 |
| Tamworth High School, South Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 663 | 860 |
| St Edward's Primary School, South Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 525 | 956 |
| Bullimbal School, South Tamworth | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 70 | 870 |
| Parry School, West Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 20 | 753 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, West Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 185 | 1,003 |
| Peel High School, Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 629 | 831 |
| Hillvue Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 449 | 761 |
| Tamworth West Public School, West Tamworth | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 370 | 908 |
| St Nicholas' Primary School, Tamworth | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 586 | 1,042 |
| Tamworth Public School, Tamworth | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 891 | 997 |
| McCarthy Catholic College, West Tamworth | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 935 | 991 |
| Westdale Public School, Westdale | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 370 | 870 |
| Oxley High School, North Tamworth | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,007 | 936 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14269/west-tamworth/topic/education