41.5% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Telegraph Point · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Telegraph Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Telegraph Point have finished high school or earned a degree compared to 2011. Only 41.5% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. While a fair few residents hold high-level qualifications, these numbers have slipped over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 41.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is a drop of 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Telegraph Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national figure of 26.3%. This share of graduates fell by 5 percentage points since 2011.
14.9% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Telegraph Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 22.6%, followed by society and culture at 15.1%.
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 Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122130/telegraph-point/topic/education