64.6% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chisholm · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chisholm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant gap exists between Chisholm and the rest of the territory, where a far lower share of adults hold university degrees. While the typical resident is better qualified than the national average, they fall well behind the ACT's highly educated workforce.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 64.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is well above the national figure but far below the ACT average of 77%. Roughly 20% of residents stopped their schooling after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chisholm, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.4% of the population, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and far below the territory's 42.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.6% of adults.
23.4% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 Chisholm, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 20.7%, followed by society and culture at 15.9% and engineering at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 17 schools within 3km, which is more than most areas, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest. Most local schools are government-run (70.6%) and primarily focus on primary education.
0.91
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
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).
494
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,058
Higher 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 Chisholm
17 schools — 8,394 students, average ICSEA 1,058.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Caroline Chisholm School, Chisholm | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 571 | 989 |
| Gilmore Primary School, Gilmore | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 113 | 981 |
| Richardson Primary School, Richardson | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 142 | 952 |
| Holy Family Primary School, Gowrie | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 641 | 1,076 |
| Gowrie Primary School, Gowrie | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 228 | 1,043 |
| Fadden Primary School, Fadden | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 229 | 1,076 |
| St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Calwell | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 516 | 1,055 |
| Calwell High School, Calwell | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 371 | 972 |
| Calwell Primary School, Calwell | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 201 | 1,010 |
| Theodore Primary School, Theodore | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 206 | 974 |
| St Mary MacKillop College, Isabella Plains | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 2,088 | 1,068 |
| Erindale College, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 871 | 1,041 |
| Isabella Plains Early Childhood School, Isabella Plains | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 69 | 1,052 |
| Monash Primary School, Monash | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 414 | 1,063 |
| Covenant Christian School, Gordon | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 320 | 1,090 |
| Trinity Christian School, Wanniassa | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,073 | 1,150 |
| Bonython Primary School, Bonython | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 341 | 1,034 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80037/chisholm/topic/education