51.7% ▲ +75.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Charlwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Charlwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 17 percentage points separates Charlwood from the national figure for bachelor degrees, reflecting a workforce with few university qualifications. While over half the residents finished Year 12, the area generally has lower educational attainment than most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Around 29.2% of the population reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Charlwood, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 34.9% of residents.
8.9% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Charlwood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 18.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is much smaller than most others, with an average size of 51 students and a lower advantage score than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
51
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Charlwood
1 school — 51 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Aratula State School, Aratula | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 51 | 969 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Charlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30584/charlwood/topic/education