52.8% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kingston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high number of university-educated adults live in Kingston, though fewer residents completed high school compared to the national figure. About 31.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This creates a local profile where higher education is common despite lower rates of Year 12 completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 52.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well below both the Victorian (61.8%) and Australian (58.8%) averages. This is higher than most similar areas, though 16.8% of people stopped at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingston, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 31.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%, with the most common qualification being a bachelor degree at 25.4%.
31.9% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 Kingston, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Postgraduate degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in society and culture are the most frequent at 20.5%. Other common fields include management and commerce at 11.5% and health at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school within 3km, which is a government facility. It is quite small, with an average size of 21 students, and has an advantage score that is lower 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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kingston
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Newlyn Primary School, Newlyn | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 21 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21364/kingston/topic/education