50.8% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cape Woolamai · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cape Woolamai
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high school advantage score of 1,039 marks Cape Woolamai as an area where students have much more support than most. While many residents hold higher degrees, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents, or 50.8%, completed Year 12. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cape Woolamai, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has more adults with a bachelor degree or higher than most similar places, at 22.5%. However, this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%, with Certificate III and IV being the most common qualification at 28.8%.
22.5% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 Woolamai, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications here are spread across several fields, with Engineering at 11.4% and Education at 11.2% being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary government schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 151 students.
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).
151
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,039
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cape Woolamai
2 schools — 302 students, average ICSEA 1,039.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| San Remo Primary School, San Remo | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 148 | 1,037 |
| Newhaven Primary School, Newhaven | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 154 | 1,041 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cape Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20475/cape-woolamai/topic/education