35.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kembla Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kembla Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Kembla Heights have completed high school compared to most similar areas. Only 35.2% of people finished Year 12, a figure that sits far below both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 29.6% of residents stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kembla Heights, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 10.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more typical at 40.5%.
10.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Kembla Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kembla Heights are most often in society and culture or the creative arts, each making up 16.7% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10 schools within 3km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,060, which is much higher than most areas.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
361
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,060
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kembla Heights
10 schools — 3,606 students, average ICSEA 1,060.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Mount Kembla Public School, Mount Kembla | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 159 | 1,050 |
| Illawarra Christian School, Cordeaux Heights | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 800 | 1,091 |
| Craig Davis College, Cordeaux Heights | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 45 | 825 |
| Unanderra Public School, Cordeaux Heights | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 348 | 992 |
| Cedars Christian College - Aspire, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 13 | 1,094 |
| Cedars Christian College, Unanderra | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 661 | 1,067 |
| Nareena Hills Public School, Figtree | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 209 | 1,080 |
| Farmborough Road Public School, Unanderra | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 226 | 961 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 4.9 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kembla Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12101/kembla-heights/topic/education