39.2% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kanahooka · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kanahooka
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Kanahooka have finished high school compared to most other areas, with only 39.2% completing Year 12. This means many residents rely on trade qualifications or earlier school leaver status for their careers. The area's educational profile is far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Other common outcomes include 34.6% finishing Year 10 and 14.9% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kanahooka splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.3% of residents.
14.2% ▲ +70.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Kanahooka, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees or certificates, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 21.2%, followed by Management and Commerce at 17%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kanahooka has 14 schools within 3km, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school size is higher than in most areas.
2.17
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
481
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kanahooka
14 schools — 6,733 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 11 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Hayes Park Public School, Kanahooka | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 601 | 972 |
| Kanahooka High School, Kanahooka | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 581 | 912 |
| Koonawarra Public School, Dapto | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 192 | 838 |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Dapto | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 623 | 1,038 |
| Lakelands Public School, Dapto | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 370 | 952 |
| Berkeley West Public School, Berkeley | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 157 | 868 |
| Dapto High School, Dapto | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 988 | 968 |
| Illawarra Sports High School, Berkeley | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 926 | 937 |
| Berkeley Public School, Berkeley | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 259 | 926 |
| Farmborough Road Public School, Unanderra | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 226 | 961 |
| Dapto Public School, Horsley | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 790 | 1,006 |
| Mount Brown Public School, Dapto | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 346 | 975 |
| Cedars Christian College, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 661 | 1,067 |
| Cedars Christian College - Aspire, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 13 | 1,094 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kanahooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12063/kanahooka/topic/education