33.9% ▲ +46.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tarlee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tarlee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Tarlee have completed high school or university than in most similar areas. Only 33.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is reflected in the low proportion of adults with a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the South Australian average of 54.6%. Roughly a quarter of the population stopped after Year 10, while 13.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tarlee, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 6.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, the most common top qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 52.3% of residents.
6.3% ▲ +85.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Tarlee, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 21.1%, followed by Society and Culture at 14.8% and Management and Commerce at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tarlee has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the only primary school here is small, with a typical size of just 10 students.
19.23
Higher than 87% 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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tarlee
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tarlee Primary School, Tarlee | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 10 | 926 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tarlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41426/tarlee/topic/education