63.2% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kangaroo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kangaroo Valley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 32% of adults in Kangaroo Valley hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. This is a highly educated area where school completion and university degrees are far more common than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is common here, with 63.2% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kangaroo Valley, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong record of higher education, as 32.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is 6.6 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
32.9% ▲ +37.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
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 Kangaroo Valley, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most common, at 14.9%, followed by society and culture at 13.2% and education at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most other areas, with an average size of 83 students. All schools in the area are government primary schools.
8.20
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
83
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,073
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kangaroo Valley
1 school — 83 students, average ICSEA 1,073.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kangaroo Valley Public School, Kangaroo Valley | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 83 | 1,073 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kangaroo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12069/kangaroo-valley/topic/education