45.7% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tweed Heads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tweed Heads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Tweed Heads have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While the area has a higher rate of university degrees than most similar places, this still sits well below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. This is a significant gap of 13 percentage points compared to both Australia and New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tweed Heads, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.9% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +62.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Tweed Heads, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 16.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tweed Heads has 15 schools within 3km, which is more than 86% of similar areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most places. Over half of these schools are government-run.
1.99
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
343
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tweed Heads
15 schools — 5,145 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| St Joseph's Primary School, Tweed Heads | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 302 | 1,069 |
| Coolangatta State School, Coolangatta | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 285 | 989 |
| Tweed Heads Public School, Tweed Heads | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 394 | 984 |
| The Village School Gold Coast, Coolangatta | Independent | Primary | 1.1 km | 88 | 1,047 |
| Tweed Heads South Public School, Tweed Heads South | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 142 | 882 |
| Tweed River High School, Tweed Heads South | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 590 | 940 |
| Pacific Gulgangali Jarjums Christian School, Tweed Heads South | Independent | Primary | 2.6 km | 32 | 781 |
| Pacific Coast Christian School, Tweed Heads South | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 999 | 1,027 |
| Pacific Hope Christian School, Tweed Heads South | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 85 | 1,014 |
| Caldera School, Tweed Heads South | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 24 | 936 |
| Fingal Head Public School, Fingal Head | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 33 | 934 |
| St Joseph's College, Banora Point | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 838 | 1,050 |
| St James' Primary School, Banora Point | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 406 | 1,068 |
| Banora Point High School, Banora Point | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 503 | 965 |
| Centaur Public School, Banora Point | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 424 | 975 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14002/tweed-heads/topic/education