32.2% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tooraweenah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tooraweenah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates Tooraweenah from the rest of the state in Year 12 completion. While the typical resident is less likely to have finished high school, nearly one in five adults here holds a university degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 28.2% of people having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Tooraweenah splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 19.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average. Trade qualifications are common, with 26.6% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
19.7% ▲ +77.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Tooraweenah splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Tooraweenah are most often trained in engineering and related fields at 16.1%, followed by agriculture and environment at 12.9% and health at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with an average size of 23 students. This school has a school advantage score of 947, which is much lower than most areas.
22.73
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tooraweenah
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tooraweenah Public School, Tooraweenah | Government | Primary | 10.2 km | 23 | 947 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tooraweenah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13929/tooraweenah/topic/education