46.3% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cawdor · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cawdor
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Cawdor, held by 36.8% of adults. Education levels here generally sit below state and national figures, with fewer residents completing Year 12 or holding university degrees compared to the wider population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Cawdor finished high school than the national figure, with only 46.3% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cawdor, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
15.1% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Cawdor, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 19.0%, followed by architecture and building at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cawdor has a high number of schools for its size, with 10 schools within 3 km. These schools are mostly government-run (90%) and are much larger on average than those in most other areas.
34.48
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
531
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cawdor
10 schools — 4,776 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Cawdor Public School, Camden | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 76 | 982 |
| Camden High School, Camden | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 912 | 976 |
| Mount Hunter Public School, Camden | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 32 | 1,054 |
| Camden South Public School, Camden | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 712 | 1,021 |
| Camden Park Environmental Education Centre, Menangle | Government | Combined | 4.8 km | — | — |
| Spring Farm Public School, Spring Farm | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 866 | 1,009 |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Camden | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 622 | 1,047 |
| Camden Public School, Camden | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 313 | 1,041 |
| Mawarra Public School, Camden | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 386 | 1,017 |
| Elderslie High School, Elderslie | Government | Secondary | 6.6 km | 857 | 988 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cawdor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10862/cawdor/topic/education