50.4% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carngham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carngham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Carngham from the Victorian average for Year 12 completions, with only 50.4% of residents finishing their final school year. This reflects a general trend of lower formal schooling and degree attainment across the area compared to state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but remains well below the Australian figure of 58.8%. Another 20.2% of the population finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carngham, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, the most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.2% of people.
13.9% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Carngham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Education and Management and commerce, both at 14.0%, followed by Health at 12.9% and Engineering at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 Carngham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20499/carngham/topic/education