37.7% ▲ +51.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kaimkillenbun · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kaimkillenbun
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have finished high school in Kaimkillenbun compared to most similar areas. Only 37.7% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling is reflected in the qualification levels across the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The number of people who finished Year 12 is far below the Queensland average, with 33.5% of residents peaking at Year 10 and 13.6% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kaimkillenbun splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 13.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is well below the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.3% of residents.
13.7% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Kaimkillenbun, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in agriculture and environment or management and commerce, both at 15.2%, followed by engineering at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kaimkillenbun has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the local government primary school is very small with an average of just 8 students.
20.83
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
883
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kaimkillenbun
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 883.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kaimkillenbun State School, Kaimkillenbun | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 8 | 883 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kaimkillenbun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31467/kaimkillenbun/topic/education