63.1% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tharwa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tharwa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning are common in Tharwa, where 30.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure, though it sits far below the ACT average. Most residents have finished school and a high proportion hold trade or university qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 63.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This result is well above the national figure, but far below the ACT average of 77%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tharwa, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Degrees and diplomas are frequent, with 30.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian figure, though far below the ACT average.
30.2% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Tharwa splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (43%) and Bachelor degree (39%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications here are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 19.6%, followed by architecture and building at 17.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tharwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80123/tharwa/topic/education