42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Telangatuk East · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Telangatuk East have finished Year 12, though a surprising number hold high-level degrees. This mix shows a divide in education levels across this sparsely populated area, where 42.3% of people completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the state figure of 61.8%, with only 42.3% of residents finishing Year 12. About a quarter of the population left school after Year 11.
42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Telangatuk East, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 11 is next at 32%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 20% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher—which is higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%. Bachelor degrees are the most common high-level qualification at 28.6%.
20.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Telangatuk East, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (35%) and Certificate III / IV (15%).
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and Environment being the most common at 20%. Health and Management and Commerce both follow at 17.1%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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 Telangatuk East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22480/telangatuk-east/topic/education