49.3% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tanunda · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Tanunda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Tanunda hold higher qualifications than in most similar areas. While university degrees are less common here than the national figure, the proportion of residents with a bachelor degree or higher has risen to 19.2%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost half of residents (49.3%) have finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is well below the national average of 58.8%, though it has risen by 8.6 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tanunda, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly one in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications at 32.3%.
19.2% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 Tanunda, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3%.
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 Tanunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415041/tanunda/topic/education