45.2% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kippa-Ring · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kippa-Ring
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 10.9% of adults in Kippa-Ring hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This gap is mirrored in school completion, where far fewer people finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country. Overall, the area has a workforce more focused on trade and vocational certificates than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 45.2%, have completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This puts the area's school completion rate around the middle for similar places.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kippa-Ring, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common here, with 38.8% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. Only 10.9% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Kippa-Ring, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 16.1%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 15.2% and society and culture at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the largest at this level and have a higher advantage score than most areas. While there are 16 schools within 3 km, there are 1.16 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas.
1.16
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
756
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,024
Higher 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 Kippa-Ring
16 schools — 12,102 students, average ICSEA 1,024.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 7 · Combined 2
| Hercules Road State School, Kippa-Ring | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 636 | 951 |
| Kippa-Ring State School, Kippa-Ring | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 274 | 899 |
| Mueller College, Rothwell | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,867 | 1,078 |
| Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell | Independent | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,567 | 1,080 |
| Redcliffe State High School, Redcliffe | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,444 | 1,004 |
| Clontarf Beach State High School, Clontarf | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 877 | 948 |
| Scarborough State School, Scarborough | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 776 | 1,015 |
| Edu Space Redcliffe, Redcliffe | Independent | Secondary | 2.9 km | 30 | 883 |
| Redcliffe Special School, Redcliffe | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 89 | 957 |
| Clontarf Beach State School, Clontarf | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 425 | 969 |
| Southern Cross Catholic College, Scarborough | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,653 | 1,041 |
| Australian Trade College North Brisbane, Scarborough | Independent | Secondary | 3.4 km | 286 | 1,026 |
| Grace Lutheran Primary School, Clontarf | Independent | Primary | 3.6 km | 479 | 1,090 |
| Humpybong State School, Margate | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 565 | 974 |
| Woody Point Special School, Woody Point | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 129 | 985 |
| Mango Hill State Secondary College, Mango Hill | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 1,005 | 1,031 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kippa-Ring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31554/kippa-ring/topic/education