50.7% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kuranda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kuranda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates Kuranda from the national figure for Year 12 completion. While local schooling and degree levels are higher than in many similar areas, they remain well below state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents (50.7%) have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 57.1% seen across Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kuranda, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.5% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Kuranda, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in society and culture (12.3%), followed by engineering and related fields at 11.1% and management and commerce at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kuranda has five schools within 3km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger and have higher advantage scores than most other areas of this type.
3.29
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
430
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,018
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kuranda
5 schools — 2,151 students, average ICSEA 1,018.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 3 · Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Cairns Hinterland Steiner School, Kuranda | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 157 | 1,059 |
| Kuranda District State College, Kuranda | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 285 | 862 |
| Newman Catholic College, Smithfield | Catholic | Secondary | 9.4 km | 625 | 1,046 |
| Caravonica State School, Caravonica | Government | Primary | 9.9 km | 540 | 1,020 |
| Peace Lutheran College, Kamerunga | Independent | Combined | 10.7 km | 544 | 1,054 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31589/kuranda/topic/education