60.7% ▲ +389.5%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tintenbar · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher share of people hold university degrees in Tintenbar than in the rest of the country. This educational gap is clear in the 30.3% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the national average. It is a community that has seen a massive shift in schooling and qualifications over the last decade.
Highest year of school completed.
More than 60% of residents finished Year 12, which is a little above the state and national figures. This represents a huge increase from 2011, when only 12.4% had completed their final year of school.
60.7% ▲ +389.5%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Tintenbar, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 30.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%.
30.3% ▲ +1820.1%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Tintenbar splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 17.9%. Other frequent areas of study include management and commerce at 15.7%, and society and culture at 13.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tintenbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121109/tintenbar/topic/education