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Tenterfield · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Tenterfield

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 25 percentage points separates Tenterfield from the rest of the state in high school completion. While more people have finished school than a decade ago, the town still lags far behind national figures for both Year 12 and university qualifications.

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Where Tenterfield sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

10.7% ▲ +43.7%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tenterfield — lower than 55% of areas.

Tenterfield10.7%
2372, NSW 12.5%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 34% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is an improvement from 2011, when the rate was 24.1%, but about 31% of people still list Year 10 as their highest year of school.

Completed Year 12

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34.0% ▲ +41.1%

Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Tenterfield splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.

Year 12 34.0% Year 10 31.4% Year 9 or below 19.0% Year 11 6.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.7% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification in town is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.3% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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10.7% ▲ +43.7%

Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Tenterfield, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Certificate III / IV 35.3% Bachelor degree 15.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.0% Certificate I / II 3.6% Postgraduate degree 2.8% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 13.7%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 13.5%.

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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115135/tenterfield/topic/education