43.6% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kenilworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kenilworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kenilworth finished high school compared to the state and national figures. Only 43.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is 15 percentage points below the Australian average. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are also much less common than in other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 33.4% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kenilworth, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, which is well below the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +129.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Kenilworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 16.6%, followed by management and commerce at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11.9 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the typical school is very small with only 44 students, and the only local school is a government primary school.
11.90
Higher than 78% 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).
44
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kenilworth
1 school — 44 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kenilworth State Community College, Kenilworth | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 44 | 983 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kenilworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31503/kenilworth/topic/education