40.1% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Teddington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Teddington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than half of residents in Teddington have finished Year 12, reflecting a trend of lower formal schooling compared to the rest of the country. This gap is seen across the board, with far fewer adults holding university degrees than in Queensland or Australia. The area is primarily served by a single small government primary school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. In a similar vein, 38.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Teddington splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in Teddington, where just 11.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, with most qualified residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.5% ▲ +153.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Teddington, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 23.1%, followed by Health at 16.7% and Management and commerce at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average size of 56 students. This school's advantage score of 970 is lower than most areas.
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).
56
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Teddington
1 school — 56 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Parke State School, Tinana South | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 56 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Teddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32763/teddington/topic/education