46.7% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cardiff · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cardiff
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher rates of university degrees than most similar areas define Cardiff, though overall schooling levels remain low. While 18.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far fewer residents finished high school compared to the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This puts Cardiff well behind the national average by 12 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cardiff, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has more people with degrees than most similar places, though the 18.2% figure is still well below the national average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.2% of adults.
18.2% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Cardiff, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People who have a qualification are most likely to have studied Engineering or related fields at 16.5%, followed closely by Management and Commerce at 16.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cardiff has 37 schools within 3km, among the largest number at this level. Government schools make up 78.4% of the sector, and the average school advantage score is higher than most areas.
3.60
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
37
Higher than 90% 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).
358
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,028
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cardiff
37 schools — 12,888 students, average ICSEA 1,028.
By sector: Government 29 · Catholic 5 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 27 · Secondary 5 · Combined 5
| Cardiff Public School, Cardiff | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 283 | 1,000 |
| St Kevin's Primary School, Cardiff | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 130 | 1,071 |
| Cardiff North Public School, Cardiff | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 149 | 1,014 |
| Cardiff South Public School, Cardiff South | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 298 | 1,017 |
| Cardiff High School, Cardiff | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 778 | 986 |
| Glendale East Public School, Glendale | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 232 | 956 |
| Newcastle Waldorf School, Glendale | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 237 | 1,072 |
| Holy Cross Primary School, Glendale | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 153 | 1,036 |
| Glendale Technology High School, Glendale | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 802 | 946 |
| Macquarie College, Wallsend | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,060 | 1,110 |
| Garden Suburb Public School, Garden Suburb | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 227 | 1,045 |
| Argenton Public School, Argenton | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 46 | 934 |
| Warners Bay High School, Warners Bay | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,161 | 1,056 |
| Newcastle Junior School, Hillsborough | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 63 | 940 |
| Biddabah Public School, Warners Bay | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 348 | 1,065 |
| Hillsborough Public School, Charlestown | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 164 | 1,020 |
| Wallsend South Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 583 | 1,083 |
| New Lambton Heights Infants School, New Lambton Heights | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 55 | 1,100 |
| Elermore Vale Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 290 | 996 |
| Alesco Secondary College, Cooks Hill | Independent | Secondary | 3.2 km | 664 | 949 |
| Boolaroo Public School, Boolaroo | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 99 | 981 |
| Kotara South Public School, Kotara | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 309 | 1,069 |
| Speers Point Public School, Speers Point | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 256 | 1,000 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Warners Bay | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 418 | 1,093 |
| Mount Hutton Public School, Mount Hutton | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 166 | 940 |
| Edgeworth Public School, Edgeworth | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 647 | 967 |
| Charlestown South Public School, Charlestown | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 235 | 1,075 |
| St James' Primary School, Kotara South | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 334 | 1,104 |
| Kotara School, Kotara | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 25 | 816 |
| Wallsend Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 252 | 965 |
| Warners Bay Public School, Warners Bay | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 340 | 1,027 |
| Lakeside School, Gateshead | Government | Combined | 4.4 km | 58 | 910 |
| John Hunter Hospital School, New Lambton Heights | Government | Combined | 4.6 km | — | — |
| Charlestown Public School, Charlestown | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 234 | 1,037 |
| St Benedict's Primary School, Edgeworth | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 357 | 1,037 |
| Kotara High School, Adamstown | Government | Secondary | 4.8 km | 1,130 | 1,066 |
| Edgeworth Heights Public School, Edgeworth | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 305 | 969 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cardiff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10808/cardiff/topic/education