35.4% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tumby Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tumby Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.4% of residents in Tumby Bay have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a defining feature of the area's education profile, where vocational training is much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the state and national levels, with only 35.4% of people finishing Year 12. Around 21% of residents stopped at Year 10 or 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tumby Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 10.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.1% of people.
10.5% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Tumby Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are health at 14.3%, followed by engineering at 13% and management and commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government combined school, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. Both the typical school size and the school advantage score sit around the middle for this level.
4.05
Higher than 52% 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).
237
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tumby Bay
1 school — 237 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tumby Bay Area School, Tumby Bay | Government | Combined | 13.1 km | 237 | 988 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41476/tumby-bay/topic/education