39.8% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kunghur · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kunghur
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kunghur finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 39.8% completing Year 12. This creates a significant gap of 19 percentage points against both New South Wales and Australia. The local education profile is defined by a strong preference for trade certificates over university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About a quarter of the population finished Year 10, and another 10.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kunghur, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 15.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of residents.
15.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Kunghur, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kunghur are spread across several fields, led by society and culture at 16.9% and health at 15.5%. Engineering and management and commerce both account for 14.1% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's only school is a combined independent school with a much lower typical size of 55 students. Despite the small size, it has a school advantage score of 1,057, which is much higher than most similar 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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kunghur
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Aetaomah School, Terragon | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 55 | 1,057 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kunghur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12221/kunghur/topic/education