39.5% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Khancoban · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Khancoban
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Khancoban have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 39.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is 19 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with only 39.5% of residents reaching this milestone. Many others finished their schooling earlier, including 21.8% who left at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Khancoban, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +105.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Khancoban, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 26.1%. Health qualifications follow at 11.5%, and Management and commerce at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with a typical size of 19 students. This represents a high number of schools per 1,000 children for the area.
23.26
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Khancoban
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Khancoban Public School, Khancoban | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 19 | 948 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Khancoban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12119/khancoban/topic/education