39.1% ▲ +43.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tweed Heads West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tweed Heads West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Tweed Heads West, where 35.9% of people hold one. This is a place where fewer residents have completed secondary school or university compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 29.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tweed Heads West, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the wider state; only 12.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
12.4% ▲ +96.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 West, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of qualification include management and commerce at 14.4%, followed by engineering at 12.5% and health at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tweed Heads West is well served with 15 schools within 3km, more than about 86% of similar areas. More than half of these are government primary schools.
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).
347
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,005
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 West
15 schools — 5,207 students, average ICSEA 1,005.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Pacific Coast Christian School, Tweed Heads South | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 999 | 1,027 |
| Pacific Gulgangali Jarjums Christian School, Tweed Heads South | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 32 | 781 |
| Pacific Hope Christian School, Tweed Heads South | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 85 | 1,014 |
| Coolangatta State School, Coolangatta | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 285 | 989 |
| Tweed Heads South Public School, Tweed Heads South | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 142 | 882 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Tweed Heads | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 302 | 1,069 |
| The Village School Gold Coast, Coolangatta | Independent | Primary | 4.0 km | 88 | 1,047 |
| Tweed River High School, Tweed Heads South | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 590 | 940 |
| Tweed Heads Public School, Tweed Heads | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 394 | 984 |
| Banora Point High School, Banora Point | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 503 | 965 |
| Centaur Public School, Banora Point | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 424 | 975 |
| Caldera School, Tweed Heads South | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 24 | 936 |
| St Joseph's College, Banora Point | Catholic | Secondary | 4.5 km | 838 | 1,050 |
| St James' Primary School, Banora Point | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 406 | 1,068 |
| Currumbin Community Special School, Currumbin Waters | Government | Combined | 4.6 km | 95 | 1,003 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tweed Heads West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14004/tweed-heads-west/topic/education