30.4% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Towers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Towers Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Towers Hill compared to most similar areas. Only 30.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where just 6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling for residents is Year 10, reached by 31.1% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Towers Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with the rate of bachelor degrees or higher sitting 20 points below the Australian average. Instead, the most frequent qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.3% of adults.
6.0% ▲ +87.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Towers Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 21.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Towers Hill has eight schools within 3km, more than about 80% of similar areas. These schools are typically much larger than in other areas, though they have a much lower average advantage score.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
546
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Towers Hill
8 schools — 4,369 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Charters Towers State High School, Charters Towers City | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 303 | 879 |
| Charters Towers Central State School, Charters Towers City | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 113 | 859 |
| Charters Towers School of Distance Education, Millchester | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 2,395 | 948 |
| Blackheath and Thornburgh College, Charters Towers | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 379 | 965 |
| Millchester State School, Millchester | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 132 | 855 |
| Richmond Hill State School, Richmond Hill | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 191 | 854 |
| Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 425 | 926 |
| All Souls St Gabriels School, Charters Towers | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 431 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Towers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32864/towers-hill/topic/education