40.9% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tooradin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tooradin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults hold high-level degrees in Tooradin than in most similar areas. Only 9.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This trend is seen across all levels of schooling and qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian average, with only 40.9% of residents finishing their final school year. This is 21 percentage points lower than across the state.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tooradin, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and diploma qualifications are common here, with 45.2% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. However, the proportion of residents with university degrees remains far below both state and national levels.
9.8% ▲ +78.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Tooradin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in engineering and related fields, which account for 18.0% of degrees. Other common fields include management, commerce, architecture and building.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
All schools in the area are government primary schools, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas.
2.67
Lower than 62% 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).
283
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tooradin
1 school — 283 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tooradin Primary School, Tooradin | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 283 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tooradin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22546/tooradin/topic/education