54.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingstown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kingstown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Kingstown from the national average for university degrees. While more than half of residents have finished Year 12, the area has a much lower share of people with higher qualifications than most other places. This reflects a local workforce that leans heavily on trade and vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.8% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingstown, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, half of the local qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
6.5% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Kingstown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kingstown are spread across several fields, with architecture and building, agriculture and environment, and health each accounting for 14.3% of degrees or certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school. This school is among the smallest at its level, with a typical size of just 10 students and a school advantage score 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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kingstown
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kingstown Public School, Kingstown | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 10 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kingstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12168/kingstown/topic/education