50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kurrenkutten · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Half of the residents in Kurrenkutten have completed Year 12, making it a place where school completion is higher than in most similar areas. While this is a strong local result, it remains well below the national and state figures.
Highest year of school completed.
About 50% of people finished Year 12, though 34.6% stopped at Year 10. This level of schooling is well below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Kurrenkutten, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (19%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than across the country, with only 16% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Kurrenkutten, Bachelor degree is the majority at 57%; Certificate III / IV is next at 43%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 29%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a common trait for about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kurrenkutten [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50802/kurrenkutten/topic/education