82.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.4%
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 82.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chapman · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chapman
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees have become even more common in Chapman since 2011. Nearly half of all adults here hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas, with 82.4% of residents completing Year 12. This is well above the ACT average of 77% and far above the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chapman, Year 12 is the majority at 85%; Year 10 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Almost half of adults, 49.4%, have a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the ACT figure and far above the national average, with 37.9% holding a bachelor degree and 19.7% having a postgraduate qualification.
49.4% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 49.4%
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 Chapman, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 41%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 21.1% and management and commerce at 18.7%. Health, education, and engineering also make up a significant part of the local workforce's qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a school advantage score of 1,094, which is much higher than most areas. There are 12 schools within 3km, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other places.
1.93
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
350
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,094
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Chapman
12 schools — 4,204 students, average ICSEA 1,094.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 2
| Chapman Primary School, Chapman | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 502 | 1,106 |
| Mount Stromlo High School, Waramanga | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 846 | 1,085 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School, Waramanga | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 159 | 1,094 |
| Arawang Primary School, Waramanga | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 469 | 1,113 |
| Duffy Primary School, Duffy | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 374 | 1,088 |
| St Jude's Primary School, Holder | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 425 | 1,131 |
| Canberra Montessori School, Holder | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 96 | 1,128 |
| St Thomas the Apostle Primary School, Kambah | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 325 | 1,082 |
| Communities@Work Galilee School, Kambah | Independent | Secondary | 3.6 km | 120 | 1,004 |
| Taylor Primary School, Kambah | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 286 | 1,043 |
| Charles Weston School, Coombs | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 511 | 1,099 |
| Lyons Early Childhood School, Lyons | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 91 | 1,116 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chapman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80034/chapman/topic/education