90.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cambridge Gulf · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High school completion rates have remained a standout feature for Cambridge Gulf. A huge 90.5% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion in Cambridge Gulf is among the highest for similar areas at 90.5%, sitting 33 points above the Western Australian average.
90.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cambridge Gulf, Year 12 is the majority at 79%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.3%, which is well below the state figure of 23.8% and far below the national average.
14.3% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Cambridge Gulf splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 27%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in this regard than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cambridge Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50239/cambridge-gulf/topic/education