48.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ward · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ward
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Ward from the national figure for Year 12 completion. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or gone on to university, with only 11.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.3%, which is well below the Queensland figure and far below the national average. About a quarter of residents finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ward, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, which is far below both state and national levels. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 36.6% of people.
11.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Ward, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (31%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Ward are most often in health (24.4%) and agriculture and environment (22%). Other common fields include management, commerce, and engineering.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools, with an average size of 142 students. These schools have an average advantage score of 909, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
142
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
909
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ward
2 schools — 283 students, average ICSEA 909.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2
| St Mary's School, Charleville | Catholic | Primary | 52.3 km | 157 | 968 |
| Charleville State School, Charleville | Government | Primary | 52.4 km | 126 | 836 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ward [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32988/ward/topic/education