30.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarraville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tarraville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Tarraville, held by 41.9% of adults. This reflects a community where many people have practical trade skills, though overall school completion rates are far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 12.9% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tarraville splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (31%), with Year 11 at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 12.9% of adults, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.9% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Tarraville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Common fields of study include education and society and culture, both at 16.3%, followed by engineering at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is government-run. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas and has a lower average 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).
100
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tarraville
1 school — 100 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Alberton Primary School, Alberton | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 100 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tarraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22456/tarraville/topic/education