28.7% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kempsey · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Kempsey
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Kempsey have finished high school or university than in most similar areas. While the number of residents with a degree has risen to 7.7% since 2011, the town still trails the national figures by a wide margin.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is among the lowest levels for the area, though it has risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kempsey splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 7.7% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.2% of residents.
7.7% ▲ +83.5%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Kempsey, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.2%, followed by engineering at 11.5% and society and culture at 11.3%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1017/kempsey/topic/education