24.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chirnside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chirnside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-four per cent of people in Chirnside left school after Year 10, the most common outcome for residents. This is a place where few adults have reached higher education levels, with no one holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 24.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and among the lowest rates for areas like this.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chirnside, the largest group is Year 10 at 45%, followed by Year 12 (25%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 23.8% of people.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Chirnside, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 38%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, one third studied engineering and related fields, while 19% studied health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Chirnside has two schools within 3 km, both of which are government run. These schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 164 students and a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
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).
164
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Chirnside
2 schools — 328 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Capella State High School, Capella | Government | Secondary | 9.7 km | 149 | 925 |
| Capella State School, Capella | Government | Primary | 10.4 km | 179 | 938 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chirnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30604/chirnside/topic/education