43.2% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cassilis · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cassilis
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Cassilis have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 43.2% doing so. This gap extends to higher education, where the rate of bachelor degrees is far below the national figure. Most residents hold vocational certificates instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 30.1% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cassilis, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.3%, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.5% of people.
13.3% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Cassilis, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (34%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Cassilis are most often in agriculture and environment, at 16.3%, followed by engineering and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 15.87 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the local primary school is very small with an average size of 11 students.
15.87
Higher than 85% 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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cassilis
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cassilis Public School, Cassilis | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 11 | 959 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cassilis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10843/cassilis/topic/education