27.0% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Grand Secret · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Grand Secret
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Among the lowest rated for education in the region, Grand Secret has very few residents with university degrees. Only 27% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a distinct profile where vocational training is much more common than higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling reached is Year 10, completed by 28.7% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Grand Secret splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (34%) and Year 12 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, with just 2.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification, held by 45.5% of residents.
2.4% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Grand Secret, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 20%, followed by Education at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Grand Secret has more schools within 3km than about 77% of similar areas, with six schools available. These schools are typically much larger than most areas, though they have a much lower average advantage score.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
634
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Grand Secret
6 schools — 3,806 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 2 · Secondary 2 · Primary 2
| Blackheath and Thornburgh College, Charters Towers | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 379 | 965 |
| Charters Towers State High School, Charters Towers City | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 303 | 879 |
| Charters Towers Central State School, Charters Towers City | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 113 | 859 |
| Richmond Hill State School, Richmond Hill | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 191 | 854 |
| Charters Towers School of Distance Education, Millchester | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 2,395 | 948 |
| Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 425 | 926 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Grand Secret [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31223/grand-secret/topic/education