40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kia Ora · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kia Ora
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40% of people in Kia Ora have finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This creates a landscape where school completion is much lower than in most other areas. This gap in early schooling is mirrored in higher education, with far fewer adults holding university degrees compared to the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national rates, sitting at just 40%. Most people in the area finished school at Year 10, which accounts for 60% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kia Ora, Year 10 is the majority at 60%; Year 12 is next at 40%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16% of the population, a figure far below both the state and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35% of residents.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 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 Kia Ora, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Postgraduate degree is next at 36%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kia Ora are spread across several fields, with Creative Arts being the most common at 20%. Engineering, Agriculture and Environment, and Management and Commerce each account for 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3km, shared equally between government and Catholic sectors. These schools are smaller than those in most similar areas and have lower average advantage scores.
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).
155
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kia Ora
2 schools — 310 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2
| St Joseph's Primary School, Gloucester | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 35 | 1,030 |
| Gloucester Public School, Gloucester | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 275 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kia Ora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12121/kia-ora/topic/education