39.9% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Euroka · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Euroka
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Euroka has seen modest shifts since 2011, with a notable gap in high school completion. Only 39.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. However, the area has a higher proportion of adults with university degrees than many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with Year 12 completion at 39.9%. This is 19 percentage points lower than both the state and national averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →Euroka splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is still well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.1% of residents.
17.5% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Euroka, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering (17.8%) and Management and Commerce (17.3%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than usual. Most of these schools are government-run (63.6%) and are primary schools.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
316
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
897
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Euroka
11 schools — 3,471 students, average ICSEA 897.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Green Hill Public School, West Kempsey | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 19 | 712 |
| Kempsey High School, Kempsey | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 584 | 848 |
| Kempsey West Public School, West Kempsey | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 422 | 794 |
| Melville High School, Kempsey | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 355 | 849 |
| St Paul's College, West Kempsey | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 641 | 999 |
| Aldavilla Public School, Yarravel | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 263 | 896 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, West Kempsey | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 332 | 991 |
| Macleay Vocational College, South Kempsey | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 88 | 787 |
| Kempsey South Public School, Kempsey | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 129 | 767 |
| Kempsey East Public School, Kempsey | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 180 | 875 |
| Kempsey Adventist School, Kempsey | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 458 | 953 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Euroka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11467/euroka/topic/education