33.7% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kimba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kimba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification in Kimba, where 33.1% of adults hold one. Education levels here are generally lower than across the state, with only 9.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.7% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kimba, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with the 9.1% rate for bachelor degrees or higher sitting far below the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
9.1% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Kimba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 17.4%, followed by management and commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kimba has 10.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local school is a government-run combined primary and secondary school with an average size of 187 students.
10.42
Higher than 75% 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).
187
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kimba
1 school — 187 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Kimba Area School, Kimba | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 187 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40694/kimba/topic/education