17.9% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carlaminda · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 41 percentage points separates Carlaminda from the rest of the state in Year 12 completion rates. Very few adults here hold university degrees, and the area lacks local schooling facilities. This creates a profile where formal education levels are much lower than the national average.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 17.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest level of schooling is Year 10, reached by 39.3% of the population.
17.9% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Carlaminda, Year 10 is the majority at 55%; Year 12 is next at 25%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Carlaminda hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the lowest levels seen in similar areas and is far below the 26.3% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Carlaminda, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 23%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carlaminda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10816/carlaminda/topic/education