40.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kirknie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kirknie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Kirknie, held by 62.5% of residents. The area has a lower level of formal schooling and higher education than both the state and national figures. Only 40.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with only 40.9% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, while 29.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kirknie, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.5% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This lack of higher university degrees is consistent with the lower rate of Year 12 completions in the area.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Kirknie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, the most common fields of study are natural and physical sciences at 25%, followed by management and commerce at 16.7% and education at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school within 3km, though its typical size of 15 students is among the lowest for areas of this type. The school's average advantage score of 958 is lower than most other 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).
15
Lower than 98% 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 Kirknie
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Clare State School, Clare | Government | Primary | 13.3 km | 15 | 958 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kirknie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31555/kirknie/topic/education