41.2% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kilcoy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kilcoy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.2% of residents in Kilcoy have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low rate of high school completion sets the tone for an area where fewer adults hold university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. About a quarter of the population finished Year 10, while 12.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kilcoy, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is well below the state average. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29% of residents.
13.1% ▲ +111.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Kilcoy, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kilcoy are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce (13.3%) and Engineering (13.1%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools per child here than in most similar areas, with two schools within 3 km. Both local schools are government-run, split evenly between one primary and one secondary school.
5.28
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
357
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kilcoy
2 schools — 714 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Kilcoy State School, Kilcoy | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 282 | 979 |
| Kilcoy State High School, Kilcoy | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 432 | 969 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31527/kilcoy/topic/education