29.9% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tocumwal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tocumwal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Tocumwal have finished high school or gone to university compared to the rest of the country. Just 29.9% of residents completed Year 12, making it a place where practical skills and trade certificates are more common than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people finished Year 12 here than in New South Wales or across Australia, with a gap of 29 percentage points. About 25% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 18.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tocumwal, the largest group is Year 12 at 34%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher degrees are less common here, with only 9.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 39.3% of residents.
9.4% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Tocumwal, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 16.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.8% and Health at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tocumwal has two primary schools within 3km, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors. The average school size of 87 students is much lower than in most similar areas.
4.96
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
87
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tocumwal
2 schools — 174 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Tocumwal Public School, Tocumwal | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 154 | 1,002 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Tocumwal | Catholic | Primary | 6.6 km | 20 | 993 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tocumwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13903/tocumwal/topic/education