50.7% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tuckerang · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tuckerang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates than most similar areas mark the education profile of Tuckerang. While over half the community finished Year 12, the area has far fewer people with university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.7% of people completed Year 12, which is more common here than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tuckerang, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 36%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 28.3% of residents.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 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 Tuckerang, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (31%) and Bachelor degree (28%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are mostly focused on management and commerce at 28.3%, followed by education at 21.7% and engineering at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is a combined primary and secondary campus. This school is smaller than most in similar areas and has one of the lowest advantage scores.
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).
114
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
894
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tuckerang
1 school — 114 students, average ICSEA 894.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Jandowae Prep-10 State School, Jandowae | Government | Combined | 13.0 km | 114 | 894 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tuckerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32879/tuckerang/topic/education