42.9% ▲ +27.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tynong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tynong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 42.9% of people in Tynong finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This low rate of school completion is mirrored in the qualifications of adults, with very few holding university degrees. It is an area where trade certificates are much more common than higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.9%, which is far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria and 58.8% nationally. About 13.7% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tynong, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.2% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 36.3% of residents.
12.2% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Tynong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees or certificates, the most common fields are Engineering at 16.6% and Management and commerce at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tynong has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with four schools within 3km. Half of these are government schools, and most are primary schools.
10.64
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
156
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,009
Higher 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 Tynong
4 schools — 624 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| St Thomas Aquinas College, Tynong | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 204 | 1,030 |
| Garfield Primary School, Garfield | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 130 | 996 |
| Nar Nar Goon Primary School, Nar Nar Goon | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 192 | 983 |
| St James School, Nar Nar Goon | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 98 | 1,031 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tynong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22598/tynong/topic/education