49.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cassowary · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cassowary
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Cassowary hold university degrees compared to the rest of the country. This gap is seen in both high school completion and higher education, with the typical resident far less likely to have a bachelor degree than those in Queensland or across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 49.5%, finished Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This rate is also much lower than the Queensland average of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cassowary, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Half of the qualified population holds a Certificate III or IV.
7.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Cassowary, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering (23.4%) and Health (15.6%), followed by Architecture and building and Food, hospitality and personal services at 12.5% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three schools within 3km, all of which are government run. The average school advantage score of 936 is much lower than most similar areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
368
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cassowary
3 schools — 1,104 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Port Douglas State School, Port Douglas | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 230 | 1,012 |
| Mossman State High School, Mossman | Government | Secondary | 8.5 km | 553 | 938 |
| Mossman State School, Mossman | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 321 | 879 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cassowary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30557/cassowary/topic/education