42.7% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cloncurry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cloncurry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of qualified adults in Cloncurry hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification in the area. While many residents have practical skills, the typical education level is much lower than across Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.7% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 21.6% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cloncurry, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 11.6% of adults, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Most people hold a trade or vocational qualification instead.
11.6% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Cloncurry, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 22.4%, followed by management and commerce at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cloncurry has two schools within 3km, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors. These schools have an average size of 239 students, though their advantage scores are among the lowest for similar areas.
3.21
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
239
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
872
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cloncurry
2 schools — 477 students, average ICSEA 872.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 2
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Cloncurry | Catholic | Combined | 23.9 km | 188 | 979 |
| Cloncurry State School P-12, Cloncurry | Government | Combined | 24.2 km | 289 | 802 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cloncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30628/cloncurry/topic/education