83.8% ▲ +140.6%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 79.9%
- 2021: 83.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ku-ring-gai · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Ku-ring-gai
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Ku-ring-gai from the rest of New South Wales in high school completion. This is a highly educated area where over half of adults hold a university degree. These figures have climbed steeply since 2011, marking a significant shift in the local academic profile.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the national figure at 83.8%, a huge increase of 49 points since 2011. This is among the highest levels of school completion seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ku-ring-gai, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
More than half of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the 26.3% national average. This high qualification rate is led by 42.5% of people holding a bachelor degree and 22.7% with a postgraduate degree.
52.8% ▲ +318.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 52.8%
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 Ku-ring-gai, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 29.9%, followed by society and culture at 13.1% and health at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ku-ring-gai has 24,166 enrolments across 31 schools within 3km, with an average school size of 780 students. The area's school advantage score is among the highest at this level.
1.87
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
31
Higher than 78% of state electorate 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).
24,166
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
780
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,168
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ku-ring-gai
31 schools — 24,166 students, average ICSEA 1,168.
By sector: Government 15 · Independent 11 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 15 · Combined 10 · Secondary 6
| Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 3,345 | 1,187 |
| Wahroonga Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 508 | 1,156 |
| St Lucy's School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 246 | 1,104 |
| Prouille Catholic Primary School, Wahroonga | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 262 | 1,156 |
| St Edmund's College, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 112 | 1,107 |
| Warrawee Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 622 | 1,170 |
| Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 1,634 | 1,217 |
| Northside Montessori School, Pymble | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 159 | 1,147 |
| Pymble Public School, Pymble | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 519 | 1,176 |
| Waitara Public School, Wahroonga | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 972 | 1,148 |
| St Leo's Catholic College, Wahroonga | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 1,055 | 1,113 |
| Turramurra North Public School, North Turramurra | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 196 | 1,170 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Waitara | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 337 | 1,153 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School, Normanhurst | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 752 | 1,207 |
| Loreto Normanhurst, Normanhurst | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,240 | 1,164 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Pymble | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 229 | 1,165 |
| Marri Mittigar School, Hornsby | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 28 | 984 |
| Normanhurst Public School, Normanhurst | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 372 | 1,139 |
| Barker College, Hornsby | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 2,856 | 1,166 |
| Hornsby Girls High School, Hornsby | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 722 | 1,209 |
| Turramurra Public School, Turramurra | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 531 | 1,181 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School, Wahroonga | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 633 | 1,161 |
| Pymble Ladies' College, Pymble | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 2,501 | 1,178 |
| Turramurra High School, South Turramurra | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 987 | 1,118 |
| Ku-ring-gai High School, North Turramurra | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 536 | 1,088 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School, West Pymble | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 104 | 1,174 |
| Gordon West Public School, Pymble | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 424 | 1,150 |
| West Pymble Public School, West Pymble | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 250 | 1,173 |
| Ravenswood School for Girls, Gordon | Independent | Combined | 5.1 km | 1,451 | 1,185 |
| Killara Public School, Killara | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 273 | 1,148 |
| Beaumont Road Public School, Killara | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 310 | 1,164 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ku-ring-gai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10041/ku-ring-gai/topic/education