26.7% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tuncurry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tuncurry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 32 percentage points separates Tuncurry from the state and national figures for Year 12 completions. Only 26.7% of people here finished their final year of school, making it one of the lowest areas for this achievement. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are far less common than in other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of residents completed Year 12, while 37.3% of the population finished Year 10. These figures are far below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tuncurry, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the state and national figures. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.8% of people.
7.6% ▲ +53.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Tuncurry, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 15.3% and Engineering at 15.2%, followed by Health at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tuncurry has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most and are either Government (80%) or Catholic (20%) institutions.
4.87
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
420
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tuncurry
5 schools — 2,099 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| Great Lakes College Senior Campus, Tuncurry | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 349 | 988 |
| Great Lakes College Tuncurry Campus, Tuncurry | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 466 | 949 |
| Tuncurry Public School, Tuncurry | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 366 | 930 |
| Holy Name Primary School, Forster | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 345 | 1,014 |
| Forster Public School, Forster | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 573 | 934 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tuncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13987/tuncurry/topic/education