44.3% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingswood · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kingswood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 17% of adults in Kingswood (L) hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this stands out locally, the area has a lower rate of high school completion than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.3% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales and national averages and has fallen 9.4 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingswood, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.9% of residents. The 17.1% of adults with a university degree is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
17.1% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Kingswood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 18.0%.
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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121060/kingswood/topic/education