32.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kamarah · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Not a single adult in Kamarah holds a bachelor degree or higher, marking a stark gap compared to the national figure. This is an area where formal higher education is very rare, and school completion rates are far below the state and national averages.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 32.3% of people reached Year 10, while 17.7% finished Year 9 or below.
32.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kamarah splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the lowest for higher education, with 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.2% of people.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Kamarah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 23.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 20.6%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation more common than in about 59% of similar areas.
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 Kamarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12061/kamarah/topic/education