46.8% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Caerleon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Caerleon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 10.2% of adults in Caerleon hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where university degrees are uncommon, and school completion rates are significantly lower than across New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 46.8%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% national average, with 30.2% of the population finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Caerleon, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 38.5% of adults. This helps explain why university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
10.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Caerleon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most frequent fields are engineering (18.5%) and society and culture (16.9%), followed by management and commerce at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three government schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are much larger than most, though they have a much lower average advantage score.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
660
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Caerleon
3 schools — 1,981 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Mudgee Public School, Mudgee | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 539 | 925 |
| Mudgee High School, Mudgee | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 788 | 928 |
| Cudgegong Valley Public School, Mudgee | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 654 | 951 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Caerleon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10744/caerleon/topic/education