38.4% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tenterden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tenterden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 6.6% of adults in Tenterden hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This reflects a community where most people have a practical education rather than university degrees. This pattern is consistent across the area, where few residents have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This is lower than most similar areas, with 30% of people listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tenterden, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical trade qualifications are common here, with 31.3% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the number of people with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
6.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Tenterden, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are heavily focused on the land and technical skills, with agriculture and environment being the most common field of study at 20.5%. Engineering and related fields follow at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tenterden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51442/tenterden/topic/education