37.5% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cardross · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cardross
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 37.5% of residents in Cardross have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap extends to higher education, where the area has much lower rates of university degrees compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Victoria, with a gap of 24 percentage points. About 23.6% of people stopped at Year 10, and 16.2% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cardross, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.5% of residents.
10.0% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Cardross, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are Engineering and related subjects at 19.5%, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cardross has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, with six schools within 3 km. These are mostly government primary schools, though the typical school size is smaller than in other areas.
5.71
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
141
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cardross
6 schools — 845 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Cardross Primary School, Cardross | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 100 | 974 |
| Koorlong Primary School, Koorlong | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 59 | 983 |
| Red Cliffs Primary School, Red Cliffs | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 138 | 958 |
| St Joseph's School, Red Cliffs | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 87 | 985 |
| Red Cliffs Secondary College, Red Cliffs | Government | Secondary | 6.5 km | 348 | 906 |
| Mildura Christian College, Irymple | Independent | Combined | 6.8 km | 113 | 1,018 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cardross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20488/cardross/topic/education