37.9% ▲ +37.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cargo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cargo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Cargo have finished high school compared to most of the country, which shapes the local skill set. Only 37.9% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This suggests a community where many adults entered the workforce earlier or pursued vocational paths instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is 37.9%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Many residents stopped their formal schooling earlier, with 35.5% reaching Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cargo splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, trade qualifications are common, with 40.4% of the community holding a Certificate III or IV.
14.1% ▲ +78.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Cargo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several practical fields, led by management and commerce at 17.2% and engineering at 15.4%. Other common areas of study include agriculture and environment at 12.7% and health at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, making the number of schools per 1,000 children higher than most similar areas. However, the typical school size is very small with only 12 students.
6.67
Higher than 65% 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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
764
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cargo
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 764.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cargo Public School, Cargo | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 12 | 764 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10812/cargo/topic/education