42.4% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tomewin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tomewin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Tomewin have finished Year 12, which is a much lower rate than seen across New South Wales. While school completion is low, about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Around 21.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tomewin, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.8% of residents.
18.0% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Tomewin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Tomewin are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 12.3%. This is followed by agriculture and environment and management and commerce, both at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is much smaller than those in most other similar areas, with an average size of 74 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
74
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
980
Lower 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 Tomewin
1 school — 74 students, average ICSEA 980.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dungay Public School, Dungay | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 74 | 980 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tomewin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13913/tomewin/topic/education