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Upper Tooloom · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Upper Tooloom

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Educational attainment in Upper Tooloom has remained low compared to the rest of the country. Only 28.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a defining feature of the area's academic profile.

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📍 Upper Tooloom, Suburb / Locality

Where Upper Tooloom sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

13.5% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Tooloom — lower than 55% of areas.

Upper Tooloom13.5%
2475, NSW 10.5%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion is much lower than most similar areas, with only 28.9% of people finishing Year 12. This is 30 points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian averages; the most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10 at 40%.

Completed Year 12

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28.9% —

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Upper Tooloom, the largest group is Year 10 at 49%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).

Year 10 40.0% Year 12 28.9% Year 9 or below 13.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.5%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, postgraduate degrees and Certificates I and II are the most common qualifications at 14.8% each.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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13.5% —

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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Upper Tooloom splits fairly evenly between Postgraduate degree (29%) and Certificate I / II (29%), with Bachelor degree at 21%.

Postgraduate degree 14.8% Certificate I / II 14.8% Bachelor degree 11.1% Certificate III / IV 11.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across different fields, with Agriculture and Environment and Society and Culture both accounting for 11.1% of the total.

Field of qualification

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Upper Tooloom splits fairly evenly between Agriculture & environment (50%) and Society & culture (50%).

Agriculture & environment 11.1% Society & culture 11.1%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation that is more common than in about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

Schools in and around Upper Tooloom — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Tooloom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14064/upper-tooloom/topic/education