42.7% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kingsthorpe · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kingsthorpe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Practical skills and vocational training define the local workforce in Kingsthorpe. While 42.7% of residents completed Year 12, a much larger proportion of adults hold trade-based qualifications. This creates a community where hands-on experience and certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 58.8%. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kingsthorpe, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Most people hold a Certificate III or IV, which 51.3% of residents have achieved.
8.4% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Kingsthorpe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 22.5%, followed by society and culture at 15.6% and management and commerce at 13.2%.
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 Kingsthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315047/kingsthorpe/topic/education