43.5% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kalbar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kalbar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kalbar finished high school than the national average, with only 43.5% completing Year 12. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications, where the share of adults with a university degree is far below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland. Other common outcomes include 27% finishing Year 10 and 14% leaving school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kalbar, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 40.5% of residents.
10.4% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Kalbar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 15%, followed by management and commerce at 13.9% and society and culture at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,016, which is higher than most areas. The area is served by one government primary school, which is typical for its size.
4.08
Higher than 52% 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).
274
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,016
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kalbar
1 school — 274 students, average ICSEA 1,016.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kalbar State School, Kalbar | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 274 | 1,016 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kalbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31471/kalbar/topic/education