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Toogoom · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Toogoom

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

A gap of 20 percentage points separates Toogoom from the national figure for Year 12 completion. This is a place where formal schooling and higher degrees are much less common than in most other Australian areas.

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📍 Toogoom, Suburb / Locality

Where Toogoom sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

11.7% ▲ +40.1%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Toogoom — lower than 62% of areas.

Toogoom11.7%
4655, QLD 12.9%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 38.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Many residents left school earlier, with 34.8% finishing at Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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38.8% ▲ +25.5%

Lower than 67% 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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Toogoom splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.

Year 12 38.8% Year 10 34.8% Year 9 or below 11.6% Year 11 10.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.7% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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11.7% ▲ +40.1%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Field of study

What people studied.

For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (17.9%) and Management and commerce (15.8%). Health and Society and culture both account for 12.2% of qualifications.

Schools

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

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.

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 Toogoom — 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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Toogoom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32845/toogoom/topic/education