46.2% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kelso
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Kelso finished high school than the state average, with only 46.2% completing Year 12. This trend of lower educational attainment continues into adulthood, where university degrees are much less common than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 29.6% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 10.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kelso, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.0% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.7% of residents.
16.0% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Kelso, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 18.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 16 schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 87% of similar areas. While schools are larger than most, there are only 1.34 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas.
1.34
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
456
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kelso
16 schools — 7,288 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 5 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Scots All Saints College, White Rock | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 779 | 1,087 |
| Kelso Public School, Kelso | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 374 | 859 |
| Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High Campus, Kelso | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 813 | 936 |
| Raglan Public School, Raglan | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 191 | 978 |
| MacKillop College Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 691 | 1,027 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Kelso, Kelso | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 463 | 1,028 |
| Cathedral Catholic Primary School Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 363 | 1,036 |
| St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst | Independent | Secondary | 4.7 km | 713 | 1,038 |
| Bathurst Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 424 | 983 |
| Bathurst South Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 184 | 936 |
| Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High Campus, Bathurst | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 917 | 963 |
| St Philomena's Catholic Primary School Bathurst, South Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 216 | 1,028 |
| Carenne School, Bathurst | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 97 | 908 |
| The Assumption Catholic Primary School Bathurst, Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 393 | 1,031 |
| Skillset Senior College, Mitchell | Independent | Secondary | 5.5 km | 155 | 904 |
| Bathurst West Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 515 | 927 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12098/kelso/topic/education