31.9% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Taree · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Taree
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Taree have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.9% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This gap is seen across the board, with a much lower share of adults holding university degrees than in New South Wales or Australia overall.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates in Taree are far below the national figure of 58.8%, and have dropped by 7.8 points since 2011. The most common highest year of schooling for residents is Year 10 at 32.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Taree splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of people.
9.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Taree, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Taree are spread across several fields, with the highest shares in management and commerce (13.9%) and health (13.0%). Engineering and society and culture both account for 11.8% of qualifications.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113016/taree/topic/education