43.1% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kilcoy · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kilcoy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 30% of qualified adults in Kilcoy hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While educational attainment is higher here than in most similar areas, it remains well below the state and national figures. This trend is improving, with more people finishing school and earning degrees over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 43.1% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, though the rate has risen slightly since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kilcoy, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of adults, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 21.9%. This proportion has grown by 5.3 points since 2011, putting Kilcoy above most similar areas.
13.5% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Kilcoy, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 13.0%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 12.4%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315046/kilcoy/topic/education