29.0% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tin Can Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tin Can Bay
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 Tin Can Bay, held by 36.5% of adults. This area has a much lower level of formal schooling than most other places, with only 29% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, and the state figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 35.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tin Can Bay, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
7.7% ▲ +24.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Tin Can Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 16.2%, followed by management and commerce at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 6.9 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. All schools here are government-run combined schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
6.90
Higher than 66% 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).
294
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
918
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tin Can Bay
1 school — 294 students, average ICSEA 918.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tin Can Bay State School, Tin Can Bay | Government | Combined | 7.5 km | 294 | 918 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32826/tin-can-bay/topic/education