44.2% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kingswood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational achievement in Kingswood has remained steady, though it trails behind state and national trends. Only 44.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This gap extends to higher education, with far fewer adults holding university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 44.2%, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 36.5% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingswood, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 39.2% of the total.
16.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Kingswood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 20.3%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 19.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools are larger and have a higher advantage score than most, with a split evenly between government and independent providers.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
421
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,023
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kingswood
4 schools — 1,685 students, average ICSEA 1,023.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 2
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Liberty College, Tamworth | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 63 | 897 |
| Carinya Christian School Tamworth, Tamworth | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 857 | 1,034 |
| Timbumburi Public School, Timbumburi | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 159 | 1,003 |
| Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School, Calala | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 606 | 1,025 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12172/kingswood/topic/education