33.9% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kybong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kybong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kybong have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a third of people finished Year 12, a result far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 33.5% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 11.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kybong splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
8.8% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Kybong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kybong are diverse, with Engineering being the most common field at 18.1%. Other notable areas of study include Management and commerce at 10.4% and Architecture and building at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, with a typical school size of 176 students.
29.41
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
176
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kybong
4 schools — 704 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Mawarra Independent School, Kybong | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 44 | 1,033 |
| Dagun State School, Dagun | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 50 | 1,005 |
| Jones Hill State School, Jones Hill | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 482 | 990 |
| Monkland State School, Monkland | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 128 | 922 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kybong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31598/kybong/topic/education