42.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chinchilla · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Chinchilla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 12% of adults in Chinchilla hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. While the town has seen a small increase in university qualifications since 2011, it remains an area where most people have completed school or a trade certificate rather than a degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the Queensland and Australian averages. However, the proportion of people completing high school rose 3.6 points since 2011 to reach 42.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chinchilla, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification here, with 36.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. The proportion of people with a university degree is well below the state average, though it has risen slightly to 12% over the last decade.
12.0% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Chinchilla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Chinchilla are most often in engineering and related fields at 17.6%, followed by management and commerce at 14.6%. Education and health qualifications are also common, each held by about 8% of the population.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314008/chinchilla/topic/education