38.8% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carcoar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carcoar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Carcoar have completed secondary school compared to most other areas. Only 38.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below both the state and national averages, sitting 20 points lower. About 32.2% of the population finished Year 10, while 12.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carcoar, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.4% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 26.7% and diplomas at 21.2%.
12.4% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Carcoar, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 17.1%, followed by engineering at 15.1%. Agriculture, environment, management, and commerce each account for 11% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Carcoar has a high number of schools per child, but the typical school is much smaller than most areas with only 31 students. There is one government primary school within 3km, which has a school advantage score much lower than most other areas.
23.81
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Carcoar
1 school — 31 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Carcoar Public School, Carcoar | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 31 | 941 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carcoar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10807/carcoar/topic/education