36.7% ▲ +27.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Norville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Norville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Norville. This is an area where educational attainment is generally low, with only 8.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the national figure, with only 36.7% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 22 points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Norville splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in most areas. Only 8.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
8.9% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Norville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are engineering and related studies at 15.7%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Norville has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with 16 schools within 3km. The average school size of 492 is also higher than most similar places.
7.32
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
492
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Norville
16 schools — 7,870 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Shalom College, Bundaberg | Catholic | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,558 | 1,027 |
| Bundaberg Special School, Norville | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 106 | 961 |
| Norville State School, Norville | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 518 | 939 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Bundaberg West | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 510 | 1,029 |
| Bundaberg State High School, Bundaberg South | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,593 | 944 |
| Walkervale State School, Walkervale | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 350 | 900 |
| Bundaberg West State School, Bundaberg West | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 267 | 915 |
| Thabeban State School, Thabeban | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 95 | 858 |
| Bundaberg Central State School, Bundaberg Central | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 82 | 860 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bundaberg | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 490 | 995 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bundaberg | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 167 | 1,003 |
| Bundaberg South State School, Bundaberg South | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 168 | 882 |
| Avoca State School, Avoca | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 310 | 957 |
| St John's Lutheran Primary School, Bundaberg | Independent | Primary | 3.2 km | 333 | 1,024 |
| Kepnock State High School, Kepnock | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,074 | 927 |
| Bundaberg North State School, Bundaberg North | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 249 | 906 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Norville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32190/norville/topic/education