38.5% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Uranquinty · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Uranquinty
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational achievement in Uranquinty has shifted over time, though it remains a place where fewer residents have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 38.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in higher education, with university degrees being much less common than in the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in New South Wales, with only 38.5% of residents finishing their final year. Many more people in Uranquinty stopped their formal schooling at Year 10, which accounts for 34.4% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Uranquinty splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.5% of adults.
13.3% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Uranquinty, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with higher qualifications, the most popular fields are Management and Commerce at 15.5% and Engineering at 14.2%. Other common areas of study include Health and Architecture and Building.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Uranquinty has two primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These government-run schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of just 40 students.
5.03
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Uranquinty
2 schools — 79 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Uranquinty Public School, Uranquinty | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 27 | 940 |
| Kapooka Public School, Kapooka | Government | Primary | 9.2 km | 52 | 1,002 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Uranquinty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14073/uranquinty/topic/education