61.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tambo Crossing · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly qualified residents have become a defining feature of Tambo Crossing. Nearly half of all adults here hold a university degree, a figure that sits far above both the state and national averages.
Highest year of school completed.
About 61.9% of people finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the national figure.
61.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Tambo Crossing, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 11 is next at 25%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 47.6% of adults, which is among the highest for areas of this type and 18 percentage points above the Victorian average.
47.6% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tambo Crossing, Bachelor degree is the majority at 54%; Postgraduate degree is next at 23%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce, with engineering and health also making up 15% each.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tambo Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22432/tambo-crossing/topic/education