35.5% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South Kolan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South Kolan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in South Kolan have finished high school compared to most other areas, with only 35.5% completing Year 12. This gap is felt across the board, as the community has far fewer people with university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 32.4% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 14% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →South Kolan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with just 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 43.1% of people.
9.2% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 South Kolan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are engineering and related studies at 18.8%, followed by management and commerce at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a small primary school with an average size of 55 students, which is much lower than most areas. This single government-run school serves the local children.
5.00
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South Kolan
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kolan South State School, South Kolan | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 55 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South Kolan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32593/south-kolan/topic/education