35.7% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tallangatta South · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Tallangatta South from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. This area has far fewer residents with high school or university degrees than the state or national figures, with only 8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About a quarter of people stopped at Year 11, while 18.8% finished Year 10.
35.7% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Tallangatta South, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 11 (29%) and Year 10 (21%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with 8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, much lower than most areas. Instead, many residents hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 33.3% of the highest qualifications.
8.0% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tallangatta South, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (38%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 18.8%, followed by Education and Management and commerce, both at 14.5%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government secondary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school is around the middle for its level in terms of size and advantage score.
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).
308
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 308 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Tallangatta Secondary College, Tallangatta | Government | Secondary | 16.3 km | 308 | 988 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tallangatta South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22428/tallangatta-south/topic/education