40.3% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kayena · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kayena
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of Kayena residents hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While university degrees are relatively common, far fewer people here finished Year 12 compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8% and well below the Tasmania average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kayena splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 11 at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the state average but well below the national figure.
22.1% ▲ +81.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 Kayena, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 23.2%, followed by management and commerce at 16.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kayena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60298/kayena/topic/education