50.8% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kerry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kerry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Kerry have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 50.8% of residents completed Year 12, and the area has a much lower share of university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland and Australian figures. A third of the population had Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kerry, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 14.6% of adults, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.2% of people.
14.6% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Kerry, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Kerry have a diverse range of backgrounds, with the most common fields being engineering and related studies at 15.7%, followed by management, commerce, society, and culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is a small government facility with an average size of 22 students. It has a school advantage score of 1,023, which is higher than most areas.
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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,023
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kerry
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 1,023.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Darlington State School, Darlington | Government | Primary | 10.7 km | 22 | 1,023 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kerry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31516/kerry/topic/education