62.0% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Canoelands · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates Canoelands from the state average for university degrees, despite high school completion being well above the national figure. While 62% of residents finished Year 12, only 21.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above both the state and national figures, with 62% of residents finishing their secondary schooling. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
62.0% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Canoelands, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.1% of residents.
21.1% ▲ +68.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Canoelands, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.5%, followed closely by engineering at 16.5% and architecture and building at 15.5%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Canoelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10793/canoelands/topic/education