30.9% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Verges Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Verges Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.9% of people in Verges Creek have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is reflected across the board, with very few adults holding university degrees. The area relies more heavily on trade certificates and basic schooling than most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas, with only 30.9% of residents finishing Year 12. The most common highest level of schooling is Year 10, reached by 34.3% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Verges Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.9% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 48.6% of residents.
8.9% ▲ +48.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Verges Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.7%, followed by architecture and building at 12.1% and engineering at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and independent sectors, and are either primary or combined schools.
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).
319
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Verges Creek
2 schools — 638 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Kempsey East Public School, Kempsey | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 180 | 875 |
| Kempsey Adventist School, Kempsey | Independent | Combined | 5.7 km | 458 | 953 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Verges Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14090/verges-creek/topic/education