--- title: "24132 – Tertiary Node & Knowledge" url: https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24132/ date: 2026-01-16 modified: 2026-10-12 lang: en author: "" description: "APN Codex Node 2413224100 Series — Social Capital, Meridian BranchCertified Tertiary Node & Knowledge Localities (N) 6,784 National Mean 59.61 Std Dev 17.03 Range 0.00–100.00 Statistics on this page describe..." word_count: 490 --- # 24132 – Tertiary Node & Knowledge APN Codex Node 2413224100 Series — Social Capital, Meridian BranchCertified ### Tertiary Node & Knowledge Localities (N)6,784 National Mean59.61 Std Dev17.03 Range0.00–100.00 Statistics on this page describe the 6,784 scored localities with more than 200 residents. 14,416 localities are scored in all. 1What It Measures One of five Meridian components. Measures engagement with the tertiary/knowledge economy from three signals: university/tertiary enrolment %, proximity to higher-education providers, and NCVER vocational program-activity rate. **Source:** 2021 Census GCP SAL (enrolment), CRICOS provider register (proximity), NCVER DataBuilder (VET activity). 2Data & Coverage Notes Three disclosed proxy/coverage limitations **CRICOS proximity:** covers overseas-student-registered higher-education providers only — may miss domestic-only campuses. Not cross-checked against TEQSA's National Register. Distance is straight-line (Haversine), not routed. **NCVER growth-corridor skew:** the vocational-activity rate runs unusually high in several fast-growing outer-suburban corridors (e.g. Moncrieff ACT, 3,857 per 1,000) — investigated and confirmed genuine (program enrolments, not unique students, against a Census population denominator already stale in the fastest-growing areas), not a data error. Left uncapped since the raw magnitude never enters the final score directly, only its percentile rank does. 3National Distribution N6,784 Mean59.61 Std Dev17.03 Min0.00 Max100.00 Distribution 24132 Score — 6,784 Localities Over 200 Residents 4Pillar Alignment and Geography **Alignment with the pillar.** Across the 6,784 localities with more than 200 residents scored on both, this component and APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) (24130) have a correlation of **0.54**, on a scale where 1 means the two scores move together exactly and 0 means they are unrelated. The two are loosely aligned: a locality’s score on this component says only a little about its overall Meridian score, and the component carries information the pillar’s other inputs do not. By State and Territory Average 24132 Score by State and Territory Each bar is the average score of the jurisdiction’s localities with more than 200 residents, with every locality counted equally regardless of population; the dashed line marks the national mean of 59.61. The Australian Capital Territory averages highest at 67.1 (102 localities) and the Northern Territory lowest at 49.9 (162). Queensland averages 65.3, Victoria 61.3, New South Wales 58.4, Tasmania 56.8, South Australia 55.5 and Western Australia 54.9. Other Territories (4 localities) are not shown. 5Other Components The other four components of APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) (24130). [Node 24131 →School Density & Sector MixReads access to schooling options: school density per school-age resident and the non-government school share.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/24131-school-density-sector-mix/) [Node 24133 →Human Capital DepthReads the current stock of educational attainment and skilled occupations among residents.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24133/) [Node 24134 →Advancement VelocityReads the change in household income and degree-level attainment between successive Censuses.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/24134-advancement-velocity/) [Node 24135 →Early Foundation (Childcare)Reads early-childhood foundations through childcare service quality, preschool attendance and female workforce participation.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24135/) [Parent branch →24130 — APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index)](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/) 6Certification APN Codex Node 24132 — Certified, v1.0 - VET-measure redundancy resolved 28 Jul 2026 — Census VET-enrolment component dropped, NCVER retained as the sole vocational signal - Higher-education proximity: first distance-based metric in the 24100 series