40.4% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kulangoor · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kulangoor
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kulangoor finished high school than in other parts of the country, with only 40.4% completing Year 12. This gap is stark compared to the national figure, and the area generally has fewer people with university degrees. Practical trades and certificates are more common here than higher academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 30.4% of the population finished Year 10, while 11.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kulangoor, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of residents.
15.2% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Kulangoor, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Kulangoor often studied Engineering and related fields (17%), followed by Architecture and building (11.7%) and Health (10.8%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Both are government schools, with one primary and one combined school, and the average school size of 917 is among the highest for this level.
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).
917
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kulangoor
2 schools — 1,834 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Nambour State College, Nambour | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,469 | 977 |
| Yandina State School, Yandina | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 365 | 1,004 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kulangoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31578/kulangoor/topic/education