38.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cedar Point · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than 40% of residents in Cedar Point have completed Year 12, making it an area where many adults left school early. This trend is reflected in the local qualifications, where trade certificates are far more common than university degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 12, followed closely by Year 10 at 34.7%.
38.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cedar Point splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.9% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 36.3% of residents.
13.9% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Cedar Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 25%, followed by health at 17.5% and society and culture at 15%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cedar Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10870/cedar-point/topic/education