35.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
McKees Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in McKees Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates McKees Hill from the rest of the country in school completions. Only 35.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a local trend toward vocational training over traditional university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in McKees Hill finished high school than in most other areas, with only 35.6% completing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%, while the most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10 at 39.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →McKees Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 11.7% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, more than half of residents hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
11.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 McKees Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in McKees Hill most commonly studied engineering and related fields at 19.0%, followed closely by management and commerce at 18.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in this regard.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in McKees Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12553/mckees-hill/topic/education