39.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tocal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tocal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Agriculture and environment qualifications make up 82.6% of the certifications held in Tocal. This is a place where formal higher education is rare, with no adults holding a bachelor degree. The local profile is heavily weighted toward trade certificates and school-level completions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. More people in the area finished Year 10, accounting for 41.5% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tocal splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (45%) and Year 12 (42%), with Year 11 at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Tocal hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 60.9% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Tocal, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 82%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The local workforce is highly specialised, with 82.6% of all qualifications being in agriculture and environment. No other fields of study were recorded in the area.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tocal has two primary government schools, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 76 students, and they have a higher advantage score than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
76
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,016
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tocal
2 schools — 151 students, average ICSEA 1,016.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Paterson Public School, Paterson | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 104 | 1,027 |
| Iona Public School, Woodville | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 47 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tocal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13902/tocal/topic/education