71.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Kangaroo River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Kangaroo River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 45% of adults in Upper Kangaroo River hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly educated area where most residents have finished high school and many have pursued further university study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are very high here, with 71.4% of people completing Year 12. This is 13 percentage points higher than the typical figure for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Kangaroo River, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common, as 44.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, with 18.3% of residents holding a postgraduate degree.
44.7% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 44.7%
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 Upper Kangaroo River, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Certificate III / IV (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 20.2%, followed by health at 13.8% and management and commerce at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school which is much smaller than most, with an average size of 83 students, though it has a much higher advantage score than most 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).
83
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,073
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upper Kangaroo River
1 school — 83 students, average ICSEA 1,073.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kangaroo Valley Public School, Kangaroo Valley | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 83 | 1,073 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Kangaroo River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14048/upper-kangaroo-river/topic/education