25.6% ▲ +89.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tungamah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tungamah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Tungamah have completed high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 25.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a local workforce that relies more on practical skills than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting 36 points below the Victorian average. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 26.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tungamah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (29%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, many residents hold practical certificates, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 43.6%.
7.0% ▲ +141.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Tungamah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 13.8%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size is very small at just 31 students. The only local school is a government primary school.
10.99
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tungamah
1 school — 31 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tungamah Primary School, Tungamah | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 31 | 948 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tungamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22587/tungamah/topic/education