44.1% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cams Wharf · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cams Wharf
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Cams Wharf, held by 34.3% of adults. While a fair number of residents have university degrees, the area as a whole has far fewer people completing Year 12 than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. About 33.1% of the population peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cams Wharf, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 20.5% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
20.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Cams Wharf, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, more than about 73% of similar areas. All of these are government schools, with 75% being primary schools.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
398
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cams Wharf
4 schools — 1,590 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Nords Wharf Public School, Nords Wharf | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 180 | 1,023 |
| Swansea High School, Caves Beach | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 710 | 972 |
| Caves Beach Public School, Caves Beach | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 349 | 1,019 |
| Gwandalan Public School, Gwandalan | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 351 | 953 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cams Wharf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10783/cams-wharf/topic/education