43.7% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cavendish · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cavendish
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Cavendish sits around the middle of similar areas for education levels, though it trails far behind state and national figures. Only 43.7% of residents have completed Year 12, and just 15.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 43.7% of people finishing their final year. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 11 at 18% and Year 10 at 16.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cavendish, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 11 (20%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in the rest of Victoria, where 29.2% of adults have a degree compared to 15.6% in Cavendish. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.9% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +68.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Cavendish, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Cavendish are most often linked to agriculture and the environment, accounting for 19.5% of degrees or certificates. Health and education follow at 12.1% and 11.6% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, although the typical school is very small with only 32 students. The local system is entirely made up of government primary schools.
17.86
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cavendish
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cavendish Primary School, Cavendish | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 32 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cavendish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20526/cavendish/topic/education