40.6% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingscote · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kingscote
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Kingscote compared to the rest of the state. Only 40.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is 14 percentage points lower than the South Australian average. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education levels, where university degrees are much less common than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national figure, with only 40.6% of residents finishing Year 12. For others, the highest year of school reached is Year 11 for 19.2% and Year 10 for 17.6% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingscote, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.8% of residents.
15.2% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Kingscote, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have a diverse range of backgrounds, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 12.8%, followed by Health at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kingscote has one government school within 3 km of residents, which is a larger number than about 59% of similar areas. This combined school is among the largest of its level, with an average size of 710 students.
3.39
Lower than 54% 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).
710
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kingscote
1 school — 710 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Kangaroo Island Community Education, Kingscote | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 710 | 998 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kingscote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40697/kingscote/topic/education