35.7% ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kendall · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kendall
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.7% of people in Kendall finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This lack of senior schooling is a defining feature of the area, which also sees far fewer adults holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, which 39% of people did. Finishing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, trailing the national figure by 23 points.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kendall splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure. Trade qualifications are more common, with 45.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.5% ▲ +61.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Kendall, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kendall are spread across several fields, with Engineering (15.7%) and Management and Commerce (15%) being the most common areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km of the area, both of which are government-run. These schools are much larger than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 551 students.
4.61
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
551
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
957
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kendall
2 schools — 1,102 students, average ICSEA 957.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Kendall Public School, Kendall | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 206 | 936 |
| Camden Haven High School, Laurieton | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 896 | 962 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kendall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12104/kendall/topic/education