33.6% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake Cargelligo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake Cargelligo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.6% of adults in Lake Cargelligo have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This significant gap in school completion is reflected in the town's qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national figure, with only 33.6% of residents finishing school. About 29.6% of people stopped after Year 10, and 16% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lake Cargelligo splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.2% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.8% of residents.
8.2% ▲ +30.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Lake Cargelligo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Lake Cargelligo most often studied Engineering (14.9%), Education (12.1%), or Management and commerce (10.0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two schools located within 3km. Local schools are smaller than usual and are split evenly between government and Catholic providers.
6.25
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
134
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
866
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lake Cargelligo
2 schools — 268 students, average ICSEA 866.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Francis Xavier's Primary School, Lake Cargelligo | Catholic | Primary | 9.1 km | 41 | 909 |
| Lake Cargelligo Central School, Lake Cargelligo | Government | Combined | 9.4 km | 227 | 858 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake Cargelligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12250/lake-cargelligo/topic/education