39.3% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toodyay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Toodyay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Toodyay than in most similar areas. Only 39.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is reflected in the qualifications data, where university degrees are also far less common than in the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 39.3%, which is far below both the state and national rates. In contrast, 27.9% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Toodyay, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 12.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.2% of the population.
12.9% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Toodyay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 17.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Toodyay has one government combined school within 3km, though its average school advantage score of 942 is much 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).
275
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
942
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Toodyay
1 school — 275 students, average ICSEA 942.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Toodyay District High School, Toodyay | Government | Combined | 5.4 km | 275 | 942 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Toodyay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51458/toodyay/topic/education