66.2% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carwoola · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carwoola
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher educational attainment has become a hallmark of Carwoola, where 66.2% of residents have completed Year 12. This is well above the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of strong achievement extends into adulthood, with nearly 30% of people holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are much higher here than in most areas, sitting at 66.2%. This is 7.3 percentage points above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carwoola, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 29.4% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 27% and Bachelor degrees at 24%.
29.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Carwoola splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 15.9%, followed closely by society and culture at 14.8% and engineering at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Carwoola has five schools within 3km, more than 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 522 students and a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
522
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,064
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Carwoola
5 schools — 2,608 students, average ICSEA 1,064.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1
| Queanbeyan East Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 280 | 1,031 |
| St Gregory's Primary School, Queanbeyan | Catholic | Primary | 8.0 km | 730 | 1,056 |
| Queanbeyan Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 361 | 997 |
| Googong Public School, Googong | Government | Primary | 8.8 km | 782 | 1,078 |
| The Anglican School Googong, Googong | Independent | Combined | 9.1 km | 455 | 1,129 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carwoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10840/carwoola/topic/education