36.5% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Charlton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Charlton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 33.5% of adults in Charlton hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification in town. This area generally has lower levels of formal schooling and degrees than both the state and national averages. Only 10.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Roughly 18.9% of people reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Charlton, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average.
10.6% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Charlton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the community are spread across several fields, with Education (10.6%), Health (10.4%), and Management and Commerce (10.3%) being the most frequent.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Charlton has a high number of schools for its child population, though the average school size of 81 is much lower than most areas. The local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
14.71
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
81
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Charlton
2 schools — 161 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Joseph's School, Charlton | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 38 | 1,009 |
| Charlton College, Charlton | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 123 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20535/charlton/topic/education