34.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hampden Hall · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hampden Hall
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Hampden Hall have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 34.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 34.5%, a gap of 24 points. Other common outcomes include 31% of residents reaching Year 10 and 10.3% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Hampden Hall splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (45%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.8% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.5% of residents.
9.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Hampden Hall, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 25%, followed by education at 17.5% and engineering at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Seven schools are located within 3km, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is 908, which is much lower than most areas.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
392
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
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 Hampden Hall
7 schools — 2,746 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Kempsey East Public School, Kempsey | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 180 | 875 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, West Kempsey | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 332 | 991 |
| Kempsey West Public School, West Kempsey | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 422 | 794 |
| Kempsey High School, Kempsey | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 584 | 848 |
| St Paul's College, West Kempsey | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 641 | 999 |
| Kempsey South Public School, Kempsey | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 129 | 767 |
| Kempsey Adventist School, Kempsey | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 458 | 953 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hampden Hall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11852/hampden-hall/topic/education