34.3% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Keppel Sands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Keppel Sands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34.3% of adults in Keppel Sands finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This is a community where a small minority hold university degrees, and far more people have left school before completing their final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical school journey here often ends early, with 38.3% of residents reaching Year 10 as their highest grade. This explains why the 34.3% Year 12 completion rate is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Keppel Sands splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 8.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, nearly half of the community (47.7%) hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.7% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Keppel Sands, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (25%) and Architecture and Building (11.9%), followed by Society and Culture at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very small primary school with an average size of just 8 students. While it is the only school within 3km, its average advantage score is lower than most similar areas.
27.78
Higher than 93% 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.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Keppel Sands
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Keppel Sands State School, Keppel Sands | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 8 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31514/keppel-sands/topic/education