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Carmel College (Thornlands)

20 Ziegenfusz Road, Thornlands, 4164 — in Thornlands

SectorSchools
Catholic
Secondary school
QLD Open Data
Year levels
7–12
official range
QLD Open Data
ICSEA
1045
national average is 1000
ACARA 2025
Suburb
Thornlands
SA2 this campus sits in
ABS boundary

Carmel College (Thornlands) is a catholic secondary school in Thornlands, Brisbane, teaching Years 7–12. Its ICSEA is 1045, above the national average of 1000 (67th percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Carmel College (Thornlands) are published on its My School profile (ACARA).

Student background

ACARA · 2025

ICSEA measures the socio-educational advantage of a school's intake against the national average of 1000. The quarters bar shows how its students spread across the four national bands; an average school sits at 25% in each.

1045ICSEA 45 points above the national average of 1000, higher than 67% of Australian schools
+45
820national average · 10001180
vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 13%Lower-middle quarter 36%Upper-middle quarter 35%Top quarter 16%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

1,220students in 2025

Girls and boys

  • Girls 658 · 54%
  • Boys 562 · 46%

Language background

  • Language other than English 6%
  • English only 94%
  • Not stated 0%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

3% of enrolment

Carmel College (Thornlands) has an ICSEA of 1045, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 67% of Australian schools. 16% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 13% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 1,220 students in 2025 (658 girls, 562 boys), 3% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 6% with a language background other than English.

Show the data table
Carmel College (Thornlands) — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
MeasureValue
ICSEA1045
ICSEA vs national average (1000)+45
ICSEA percentile67
Bottom quarter of advantage13%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage36%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage35%
Top quarter of advantage16%
Total enrolment1,220
Girls658 (54%)
Boys562 (46%)
Language other than English6%
English only94%
Not stated0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander3%
NAPLAN results and student progress for Carmel College (Thornlands) are on My School, ACARA’s official site.

School details

Sector
Catholic school
Type
Secondary
Year levels
7–12
ICSEA
1045 · 67th percentile
Address
20 Ziegenfusz Road, Thornlands 4164

School list: Queensland Government Department of Education — State and non-state school details, CC BY 4.0. Catchments: QLD “SchoolsAndSchoolCatchments” service, CC BY 4.0. ICSEA & student background: ACARA School Profile 2025. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).