50.8% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Toll · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Toll
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are more common in Toll than in many similar areas, though still well below state figures. While just over half of residents finished Year 12, about 18.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 50.8% of people completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This is higher than in most similar areas, but about 24.3% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Toll, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 18.2% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 32.1%.
18.2% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Toll, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 14.8%, followed closely by Education at 14.2% and Management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Seven schools are located within 3km, which is more than 79% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, though the average school advantage score is much lower than in most areas.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
605
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Toll
7 schools — 4,237 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 3 · Primary 2 · Secondary 2
| Richmond Hill State School, Richmond Hill | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 191 | 854 |
| Blackheath and Thornburgh College, Charters Towers | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 379 | 965 |
| Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 425 | 926 |
| All Souls St Gabriels School, Charters Towers | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 431 | 952 |
| Charters Towers State High School, Charters Towers City | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 303 | 879 |
| Charters Towers Central State School, Charters Towers City | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 113 | 859 |
| Charters Towers School of Distance Education, Millchester | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 2,395 | 948 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Toll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32841/toll/topic/education