52.2% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Talgarno · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Talgarno
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of nearly 10 percentage points separates Talgarno from the Victorian average in Year 12 completion. While 52.2% of residents finished high school, this is well below the state figure. Interestingly, the area has a strong share of highly educated adults, with 26.0% holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 23.6% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Talgarno, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 26.0% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.1% of residents.
26.0% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 Talgarno, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Talgarno are led by Engineering and related fields at 16.8%, followed by Education at 15.3% and Management and commerce at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Talgarno has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with 18.18 schools. These are all government primary schools, though they are much smaller than usual with a typical size of 37 students.
18.18
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,007
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Talgarno
2 schools — 73 students, average ICSEA 1,007.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Talgarno Primary School, Talgarno | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 36 | 992 |
| Bethanga Primary School, Bethanga | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 37 | 1,022 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Talgarno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22424/talgarno/topic/education