44.1% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Kelly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Kelly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 4.9% of adults in Mount Kelly hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This highlights a local profile where vocational training and school-leaving certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 44.1% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Kelly, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational certificates are the most common achievement, with 50.7% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
4.9% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Mount Kelly, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are engineering and related studies at 25%, followed by management and commerce at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two government primary schools, though these are among the smallest schools for this level with a typical size of just 13 students.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
Lower 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 Mount Kelly
2 schools — 26 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Airville State School, Airville | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 17 | 988 |
| Osborne State School, Osborne | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 9 | 916 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Kelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31978/mount-kelly/topic/education