30.6% ▲ +53.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kinchela · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kinchela
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Kinchela than in most other areas, with only 30.6% of residents completing Year 12. This trend carries into adulthood, where the level of higher education is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 31.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kinchela splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.7% of residents.
8.3% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Kinchela, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both accounting for 16% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kinchela has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are all government primary schools with a much lower average size of 33 students.
18.52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
925
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kinchela
3 schools — 100 students, average ICSEA 925.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Kinchela Public School, Kinchela | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 27 | 951 |
| Gladstone Public School, Gladstone | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 19 | 1,004 |
| Smithtown Public School, Smithtown | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 54 | 885 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kinchela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12148/kinchela/topic/education