40.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kings Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kings Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 40.6% of people in Kings Plains have finished Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. This gap in school completion is a key feature of the area's educational profile. While many adults hold trade certificates, there are fewer university degrees here than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is 18 points lower than the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 31.3% of the population had Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kings Plains, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.9% of residents.
15.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Kings Plains, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 29%, followed by Education at 14.5%. Management, commerce, society and culture each account for 12.9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is a Catholic school. This school is smaller than most in similar areas and has a lower average advantage score than most.
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).
157
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kings Plains
1 school — 157 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Blayney, Blayney | Catholic | Primary | 7.3 km | 157 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kings Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12159/kings-plains/topic/education