62.7% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toolijooa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Toolijooa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the national figure for school and university completion, Toolijooa has a highly educated population. About 63% of residents finished Year 12, and nearly 31% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This puts the area's education levels much higher than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is high here, with 62.7% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above both the own state and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Toolijooa, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 30.3% of adults, which is much higher than most areas. Common qualifications include a Bachelor degree for 29.9% and Certificate III or IV for 22.4% of residents.
30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 Toolijooa, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by Management and Commerce at 20.9% and Engineering at 19.4%. Natural and physical sciences also account for 10.4% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The single primary school within 3km of the area has an advantage score of 1,091, which is much higher than most areas. The school is government-run and serves about 378 students on average.
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).
378
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,091
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Toolijooa
1 school — 378 students, average ICSEA 1,091.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gerringong Public School, Gerringong | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 378 | 1,091 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Toolijooa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13921/toolijooa/topic/education