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Education & Qualifications in Mount Knowles

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 15 percentage points separates Mount Knowles from the state and national average in Year 12 completion. While university degrees are more common here than in many similar areas, overall school and higher education levels remain well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.

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📍 Mount Knowles, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Knowles sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

18.8% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Knowles — higher than 64% of areas.

Mount Knowles18.8%
2850, NSW 14.8%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 44.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Around 26.5% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.

Completed Year 12

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44.1% —

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Mount Knowles, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 38%.

Year 12 44.1% Year 10 26.5%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.8% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is still well below the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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18.8% —

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Mount Knowles, Bachelor degree is the majority at 67%; Certificate III / IV is next at 33%.

Bachelor degree 21.4% Certificate III / IV 10.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, 32.1% studied engineering and related fields, while 21.4% focused on management and commerce. A further 10.7% studied society and culture.

Field of qualification

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In Mount Knowles, the largest group is Engineering & related at 50%, followed by Management & commerce (33%) and Society & culture (17%).

Engineering & related 32.1% Management & commerce 21.4% Society & culture 10.7%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of Mount Knowles, a situation that is more common than in about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Mount Knowles — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Knowles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12782/mount-knowles/topic/education