46.7% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kynnumboon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kynnumboon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kynnumboon finished Year 12 compared to the state and national figures, with only 46.7% completing their final school year. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where only 15.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Meanwhile, 31.5% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kynnumboon, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.7% of residents.
15.6% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Kynnumboon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce at 20.3%, followed by health and education which both stand at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kynnumboon has 11 schools within 3km, which is more than 83% of similar areas. These schools have a higher advantage score than most other areas, with nearly half being government-run.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
270
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,024
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kynnumboon
11 schools — 2,968 students, average ICSEA 1,024.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Dungay Public School, Dungay | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 74 | 980 |
| Tweed Valley Adventist College, Murwillumbah | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 381 | 1,039 |
| Mount St Patrick College, Murwillumbah | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 823 | 1,071 |
| Mount St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 373 | 1,061 |
| Sathya Sai College, Murwillumbah | Independent | Primary | 3.0 km | 280 | 1,046 |
| Murwillumbah Public School, Murwillumbah | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 149 | 959 |
| Wollumbin High School, Murwillumbah | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 161 | 938 |
| The Small School, Murwillumbah | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 67 | 1,071 |
| Murwillumbah East Public School, Murwillumbah | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 152 | 935 |
| Murwillumbah High School, Murwillumbah | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 347 | 950 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, South Murwillumbah | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 161 | 1,011 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kynnumboon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12236/kynnumboon/topic/education