45.5% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barcaldine · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barcaldine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Barcaldine have finished high school or gone to university compared to the rest of the country. Only 45.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, a result far below both the state and national figures. About 23% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 10.2% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barcaldine, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 14.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Queensland average. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 32.4% of residents.
14.2% ▲ +34.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Barcaldine, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Barcaldine are most often trained in engineering and related fields at 16.8%. Other common areas of study include health at 11.3% and management and commerce at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though these schools are much smaller on average. Of the three schools within 3km, two-thirds are government run and most are combined primary and secondary schools.
6.99
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
92
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
919
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barcaldine
3 schools — 277 students, average ICSEA 919.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Barcaldine Prep-12 State School, Barcaldine | Government | Combined | 5.6 km | 216 | 921 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Barcaldine | Catholic | Primary | 6.4 km | 16 | 992 |
| Aramac State School, Aramac | Government | Combined | 67.1 km | 45 | 881 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barcaldine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30153/barcaldine/topic/education