31.3% ▲ +44.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Normanton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Normanton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Normanton have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 31.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern extends to higher education, where adults with a bachelor degree or higher are much less common than in typical Australian towns.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state (57.1%) and national (58.8%) levels. About 29.3% of residents reached Year 10, while 17.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Normanton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.8% of residents.
8.4% ▲ +56.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Normanton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering (13.5%), Management and Commerce (12.7%), and Education (12.5%) being the most frequent.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most places, though the average school size is much lower than usual. Two thirds of these schools are government-run and combine both primary and secondary levels.
5.33
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
92
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
714
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Normanton
3 schools — 275 students, average ICSEA 714.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Normanton State School, Normanton | Government | Combined | 30.7 km | 149 | 702 |
| Gulf Christian College, Normanton | Independent | Combined | 30.8 km | 111 | 707 |
| Karumba State School, Karumba | Government | Primary | 48.1 km | 15 | 885 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Normanton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32165/normanton/topic/education