31.6% ▲ +141.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tucabia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tucabia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school or university in Tucabia than in most other parts of the country. Only 31.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lack of formal schooling shapes a local workforce that relies more heavily on trade certificates than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school year for residents at 39.2%. The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below both the state and national figures, trailing by 27 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tucabia, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common, with 43.7% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. However, only 10.1% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
10.1% ▲ +80.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Tucabia, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in this area most commonly studied engineering and related fields (16.8%) or society and culture (13.8%). Management and commerce followed at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average size of 32 students. This provides a high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to similar areas.
23.26
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
869
Lower 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 Tucabia
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 869.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tucabia Public School, Tucabia | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 32 | 869 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tucabia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13963/tucabia/topic/education