15.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tomago · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tomago
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 15.6% of Tomago residents have completed Year 12, marking it as an area where formal schooling levels are far below the state and national figures. This suggests a community where many adults have entered the workforce early or focused on trade-based paths rather than traditional classroom education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 15.6% finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, and the most common highest year of school is Year 10 at 29.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tomago, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 9 or below (32%) and Year 12 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults here hold a university degree, with only 4.5% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 28.3%.
4.5% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Tomago, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, nearly one in five (19.7%) studied engineering and related fields. Other common areas of study include food, hospitality and personal services at 8.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools (83.3%), though the average school advantage score of 908 is much lower than most areas.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
354
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tomago
6 schools — 2,126 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Hunter River High School, Heatherbrae | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 762 | 899 |
| Tarro Public School, Tarro | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 115 | 892 |
| Woodberry Learning Centre, Woodberry | Government | Combined | 6.7 km | 26 | 844 |
| Woodberry Public School, Woodberry | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 221 | 817 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro | Catholic | Primary | 6.8 km | 260 | 1,013 |
| Francis Greenway High School, Beresfield | Government | Secondary | 7.3 km | 742 | 912 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13907/tomago/topic/education