23.1% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kilgra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kilgra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Kilgra have finished high school than in most other areas, which shapes the local skill set. Only 23.1% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This trend is reflected in a workforce where vocational certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, and the most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10 at 35.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kilgra, the largest group is Year 10 at 49%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.0% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.4% of residents.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Kilgra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kilgra are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Society & Culture both accounting for 18.5% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, though it is small with an average size of 17 students and a school advantage score much lower than most areas.
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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kilgra
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wiangaree Public School, Wiangaree | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 17 | 932 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kilgra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12135/kilgra/topic/education