48.5% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cape Bridgewater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cape Bridgewater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Cape Bridgewater hold a bachelor degree or higher than in most similar areas. While these high-level qualifications are common, only 48.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with the typical highest year of schooling being Year 12 for 48.5% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cape Bridgewater, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 26.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is about the same as the national average. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 31.9% of the population.
26.3% ▲ +72.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 Cape Bridgewater, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering, management, and commerce, which each account for 16% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of this area, which is a more common situation than in 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cape Bridgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20469/cape-bridgewater/topic/education