42.6% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingaroy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kingaroy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has shifted in Kingaroy, but the town still sees far fewer people finishing high school than the national figure. Only 42.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the Australian average. This gap extends to higher education, where just 12% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.6%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Roughly 28% of residents finished Year 10, while 14% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingaroy, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 12% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39.3% of people.
12.0% ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Kingaroy, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kingaroy are most often in Engineering and related fields (16.1%) or Management and commerce (14.5%). Society and culture accounts for 13.9% of qualifications, followed by Health and Education.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a low number of schools per 1,000 children, although there are six schools within 3km of residents. Local schools are larger than most and are predominantly government-run, making up 66.7% of the sector.
2.44
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
448
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kingaroy
6 schools — 2,687 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| St Mary's Catholic College, Kingaroy | Catholic | Combined | 1.4 km | 288 | 984 |
| Kingaroy State School, Kingaroy | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 325 | 908 |
| Kingaroy State High School, Kingaroy | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 946 | 942 |
| St John's Lutheran School, Kingaroy | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 692 | 1,010 |
| Crawford State School, Crawford | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 42 | 913 |
| Taabinga State School, Kingaroy | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 394 | 934 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kingaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31542/kingaroy/topic/education