30.1% ▲ +90.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Caroona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Caroona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Year 10 is the most common highest level of schooling completed by residents in Caroona. This is a place where far fewer people have finished high school or earned a university degree compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.1% of people here have finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10 at 35.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Caroona, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Diplomas and Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common, each held by 24% of residents.
10.5% ▲ —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Caroona splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (32%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Bachelor degree at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.3%, followed by health at 14.7% and society and culture at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 16.95 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local primary school is a government facility with a small typical size of 10 students.
16.95
Higher than 86% 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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
692
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Caroona
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 692.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Walhallow Public School, Caroona | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 10 | 692 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Caroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10822/caroona/topic/education