14.7% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tingha · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Tingha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A third of residents in Tingha have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. This is a place where school and university completion rates are far below the national figures, with a significant drop in Year 12 finishes since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 14.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is among the lowest levels for similar areas, and the rate has fallen 13 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tingha splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 12 at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 2.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average of 26.3% and represents a decline from 2011.
2.4% ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Tingha, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 21.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 10.1%.
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 Tingha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122132/tingha/topic/education