29.6% ▲ +39.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kempton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kempton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 29.6% of people in Kempton finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This is an area where few adults hold university degrees and school completion rates are much lower than in most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 38.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kempton, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare, with just 7.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, 42.2% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
7.2% ▲ +110.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Kempton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 14.5%, followed by management and commerce at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kempton has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is much smaller with only 47 students. The only school serving the area is a government primary school.
13.16
Higher than 80% 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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kempton
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kempton Primary School, Kempton | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 47 | 932 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kempton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60301/kempton/topic/education