40.5% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cashmore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cashmore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40.5% of people in Cashmore have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap in secondary schooling is a defining feature of the area's education profile. Higher qualifications are also less common here than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with 40.5% of residents finishing. About 19% of people left school at Year 10, while 17.8% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cashmore, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 13.5% of adults, which is far below the Victorian rate of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.8% of residents.
13.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Cashmore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area most often studied Engineering and related fields (20.7%) or Education (16.1%). Society and culture studies follow at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This government school is smaller than most and has a lower advantage score than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
133
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cashmore
1 school — 133 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Portland North Primary School, Portland North | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 133 | 971 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cashmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20510/cashmore/topic/education