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Cavan · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Cavan

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Health and management degrees are the most common qualifications in Cavan, where about 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. While these figures are much higher than in most similar areas, they remain well below the New South Wales average.

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Where Cavan sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

24.3% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cavan — higher than 76% of areas.

Cavan24.3%
2582, NSW 25.2%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

About 54% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the 58.9% recorded across New South Wales.

Completed Year 12

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54.3% —

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Cavan, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 24%.

Year 12 54.3% Year 10 17.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 24.3% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the Australian figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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24.3% —

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Cavan, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (25%).

Bachelor degree 21.7% Postgraduate degree 17.4% Certificate III / IV 13.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both accounting for 21.7% of degrees, followed by agriculture and environment at 17.4%.

Field of qualification

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Cavan splits fairly evenly between Health (29%) and Management & commerce (29%), with Agriculture & environment at 24%.

Health 21.7% Management & commerce 21.7% Agriculture & environment 17.4% Society & culture 13.0%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Cavan — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cavan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10860/cavan/topic/education