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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).
Cherwell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cherwell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A low school advantage score of 894 marks Cherwell as an area where students face more challenges than those in most other parts of the country. This provides a snapshot of a locality where educational support needs are higher than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 31%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cherwell, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 86%, ahead of Certificate III / IV (86%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Cherwell splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one primary school in the area, which is run by the government. With a typical size of 163 students, it is smaller than schools in most other similar areas.
163
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
894
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cherwell
1 school — 163 students, average ICSEA 894.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Howard State School, Howard | Government | Primary | 9.4 km | 163 | 894 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cherwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30597/cherwell/topic/education