70.4% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 70.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Keiraville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Keiraville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher education levels than most similar areas define Keiraville, where over 70% of residents finished Year 12. This is far above the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a highly qualified local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 70.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Keiraville, Year 12 is the majority at 79%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is well above the national average for higher education, with 32.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Nearly 18% of residents have a postgraduate degree.
32.5% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
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 Keiraville, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Certificate III / IV (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce at 15.2%, followed closely by engineering at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a school advantage score of 1,074, which is much higher than most areas. While there are 32 schools within 3km, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar places.
2.09
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
32
Higher than 89% 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).
399
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,074
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 Keiraville
32 schools — 12,360 students, average ICSEA 1,074.
By sector: Government 23 · Independent 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 20 · Secondary 8 · Combined 4
| Keiraville Public School, Keiraville | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 297 | 1,103 |
| Gwynneville Public School, Gwynneville | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 271 | 1,065 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Gwynneville | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 175 | 1,083 |
| Para Meadows School, North Wollongong | Government | Combined | 1.4 km | 113 | 945 |
| Keira High School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 723 | 984 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| Pleasant Heights Public School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 241 | 1,126 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,169 | 1,075 |
| Elonera Montessori School, Mount Ousley | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 187 | 1,108 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Wollongong West Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 243 | 991 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Mangerton | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 368 | 1,090 |
| Mount Ousley Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 193 | 1,079 |
| Illawarra Hospital School, Wollongong | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | — | — |
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 335 | 1,081 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong West | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 970 | 1,159 |
| Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 736 | 1,186 |
| Lindsay Park Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 334 | 1,068 |
| Wollongong Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 579 | 1,084 |
| Balgownie Public School, Balgownie | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 329 | 1,076 |
| Novo Education Space, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 2.6 km | 44 | 983 |
| Fairy Meadow Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 342 | 1,002 |
| Figtree Heights Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 181 | 1,061 |
| Nareena Hills Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 209 | 1,080 |
| Mount St Thomas Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 354 | 1,070 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College, Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,128 | 1,104 |
| Coniston Public School, Coniston | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 181 | 990 |
| Towradgi Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 134 | 1,031 |
| Wollongong Flexible School, Towradgi | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 71 | 895 |
| Tarrawanna Public School, Tarrawanna | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 164 | 982 |
| Figtree High School, Figtree | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 880 | 1,013 |
| Figtree Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 264 | 1,028 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Keiraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12093/keiraville/topic/education