36.9% ▲ +46.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tinamba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tinamba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Tinamba from the Victorian average in Year 12 completion rates. Only 36.9% of residents finished high school, and the area has far fewer university degrees than the state or national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 36.9%. Other common outcomes include Year 10 at 20.2% and Year 11 at 16.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tinamba, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.4% of the population, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.5% of residents.
15.4% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Tinamba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and environment and Health both accounting for 14.2%, followed by Engineering at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tinamba has five schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These include four primary and one secondary school, with 60% being government-run.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
228
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tinamba
5 schools — 1,138 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Heyfield Primary School, Heyfield | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 122 | 956 |
| St Michael's School, Heyfield | Catholic | Primary | 8.0 km | 61 | 1,010 |
| St Mary's School, Maffra | Catholic | Primary | 8.6 km | 176 | 1,026 |
| Maffra Primary School, Maffra | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 230 | 979 |
| Maffra Secondary College, Maffra | Government | Secondary | 9.5 km | 549 | 942 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tinamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22521/tinamba/topic/education