38.9% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Charleville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Charleville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Charleville have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 38.9% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across both school and university levels, leaving the area well below state and national figures for higher qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 38.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Roughly a quarter of the population left school after Year 10, and another 15.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Charleville, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.5% of residents.
12.4% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Charleville, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied health (12%), engineering and related fields (11.2%), or education (10.7%). Management and commerce degrees followed at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Charleville has 4 schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most and have a much lower average advantage score than other areas.
7.66
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
168
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
901
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Charleville
4 schools — 671 students, average ICSEA 901.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Charleville School of Distance Education, Charleville | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 172 | 957 |
| Charleville State High School, Charleville | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 216 | 847 |
| St Mary's School, Charleville | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 157 | 968 |
| Charleville State School, Charleville | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 126 | 836 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Charleville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30582/charleville/topic/education