39.1% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carinda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carinda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has remained relatively low in Carinda, where only 39.1% of people have completed Year 12. This is far below the national and state figures, reflecting a community where fewer residents have pursued formal higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in most other areas, at 39.1%, which is 20 percentage points lower than the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carinda, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is also rare, with only 11.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
11.6% ▲ +89.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Carinda, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (16%), followed by Education and Society and Culture, both at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the country with an average size of 18 students.
27.03
Higher than 92% 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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Carinda
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Carinda Public School, Carinda | Government | Primary | 11.4 km | 18 | 1,017 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10813/carinda/topic/education