48.2% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taggerty · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Taggerty
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Taggerty have finished Year 12, though a surprising number of adults hold university degrees. While schooling rates are far below the national figure, those who are qualified often work in professional fields like engineering and health.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.2% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 22% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Taggerty, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.6% of residents.
18.9% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Taggerty, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Taggerty are most often trained in engineering and related fields (19.9%), followed by health at 13.4% and management and commerce at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3km, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 40 students.
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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Taggerty
1 school — 40 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Buxton Primary School, Buxton | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 40 | 997 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taggerty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22419/taggerty/topic/education