31.6% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cudal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cudal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates Cudal from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Only 31.6% of residents here finished high school, which is far below the rest of the country. This trend of lower formal schooling is mirrored in the qualification rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, and it is much lower than most similar areas. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 36.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cudal, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of adults, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, many residents hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification at 41.9%.
12.8% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Cudal, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (19%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 17.8%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.7%. Health and Food, hospitality and personal services also feature prominently.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the average school size is much lower. The only school within 3km is a government primary school.
8.13
Higher than 71% 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).
48
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cudal
1 school — 48 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cudal Public School, Cudal | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 48 | 979 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cudal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11141/cudal/topic/education