36.3% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kinka Beach · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kinka Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification in Kinka Beach, held by nearly 40% of adults. While the area has seen a steady rise in both school and university completions since 2011, the typical level of formal education remains well below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.3% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. However, this has improved over the last decade, rising 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kinka Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 12.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the 26.3% national average. This result reflects a growing trend in the area, as the number of degree holders rose 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
12.3% ▲ +165.0%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Kinka Beach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are engineering (17.3%) and management and commerce (14.0%).
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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321061/kinka-beach/topic/education