21.1% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Charbon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Charbon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Charbon have completed high school, with only 21.1% finishing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% and marks the area as having some of the lowest school completion rates in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Education levels are quite low here, as 34.2% of people left school in Year 9 or below. Only 21.1% completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Charbon splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (38%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 12 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are absent in this area, with 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 37.9%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Charbon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 31%, followed by Society and Culture at 27.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3km, though their average size of 131 students is lower than most areas. The average school advantage score of 878 is among the lowest for similar areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
131
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
878
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Charbon
2 schools — 261 students, average ICSEA 878.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Kandos Public School, Kandos | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 95 | 837 |
| Kandos High School, Kandos | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 166 | 902 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Charbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10882/charbon/topic/education