42.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kelvinhaugh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kelvinhaugh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Kelvinhaugh hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the state and national averages. This lack of higher qualifications is reflected in the local schooling rates, where far fewer people have finished Year 12 compared to most Australians.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest school year reached in the area is Year 10, at 45.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kelvinhaugh splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are absent here, with 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Kelvinhaugh, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 19%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for education facilities than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kelvinhaugh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31501/kelvinhaugh/topic/education