35.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carabost · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carabost
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher share of adults in Carabost hold university degrees than in most similar areas, though school completion is quite low. Only 35.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than most areas, with only 35.7% of people completing Year 12. About a quarter of residents left school at Year 10, and 23.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carabost, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (28%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 30.6% of residents.
17.9% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Carabost splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (46%) and Bachelor degree (42%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 27.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 22.2%. Education and society and culture each account for 19.4% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carabost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10804/carabost/topic/education