32.3% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cardwell · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Cardwell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Cardwell have completed high school or university compared to most of the country. Only 32.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This means the local workforce relies more heavily on practical skills and trade certificates than formal degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national rates, though it has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011. Currently, 32.5% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cardwell splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average. Trade qualifications are more common, with 38% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
8.6% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Cardwell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 17.9%. Management and commerce follow at 9.5%, with society and culture making up 9.4% of qualifications.
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 Cardwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315014/cardwell/topic/education