24.0% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cargo · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Cargo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of residents in Cargo finished school at Year 10, reflecting a community where most people leave education before Year 12. Only 3.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 24% of people here completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average and has fallen by 9.9 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cargo, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (25%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 57.4% of the group. Those with a bachelor degree or higher are among the lowest in the country at 3.4%.
3.4% ▼ -56.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Cargo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 74%; Certificate I / II is next at 10%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 22.8%, followed by management and commerce at 18.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122033/cargo/topic/education