44.2% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingsdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kingsdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Kingsdale, though overall school completion remains low. Only 44.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Despite this, nearly one in five adults holds a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people finished Year 12 here than in the rest of Australia and New South Wales, with a gap of 15 percentage points. About 32.1% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 10.3% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingsdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
18.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37% of people.
18.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Kingsdale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 23.1%. Other typical qualifications include engineering at 13%, and both health and architecture and building at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kingsdale has 10 schools within 3km, more than about 82% of similar areas. These schools are mostly government run (70%) and have an average advantage score of 973, which is lower than most areas.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
393
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kingsdale
10 schools — 3,934 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Mulwaree High School, Goulburn | Government | Secondary | 7.7 km | 819 | 951 |
| Bradfordville Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 312 | 951 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Goulburn, Goulburn | Independent | Combined | 8.1 km | 57 | 971 |
| Wollondilly Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 387 | 975 |
| The Crescent School, Goulburn | Government | Combined | 8.6 km | 77 | 911 |
| Goulburn High School, Goulburn | Government | Secondary | 8.9 km | 648 | 943 |
| Trinity Catholic College Goulburn, Goulburn | Catholic | Secondary | 9.1 km | 714 | 1,025 |
| Goulburn Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 9.4 km | 181 | 896 |
| Goulburn West Public School, Goulburn | Government | Primary | 10.0 km | 373 | 978 |
| Saints Peter and Paul's Primary School, Goulburn | Catholic | Primary | 10.0 km | 366 | 1,033 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kingsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12163/kingsdale/topic/education