43.8% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kanoona · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 43.8% of residents in Kanoona have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, where the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is also far below the state and national averages.
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with 43.8% finishing Year 12, which is 15 percentage points lower than across Australia. About 30.5% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 7.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
43.8% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Kanoona, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 37%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Typical qualifications are mostly trade or diploma based, with 28.2% holding a Certificate III or IV. Only 14.0% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
14.0% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Kanoona, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study among those with qualifications are engineering at 18.3%, followed by management and commerce at 16.9% and society and culture at 12.7%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 Kanoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12074/kanoona/topic/education