37.3% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kalamia Estate · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kalamia Estate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A rise in school and university finishes has marked a shift for Kalamia Estate since 2011. While the percentage of people finishing Year 12 rose by 15 points, the area remains far below the national figure for school and university completions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school reached was Year 12 for 37.3% of people, followed by Year 10 at 34.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kalamia Estate splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.8% of the population, a figure that rose 8.2 points since 2011 but remains far below the Australian average. Trade qualifications are most common, with 43.7% holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.8% ▲ +229.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Kalamia Estate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 28.6%. Other notable fields of study include education at 8.7% and management and commerce at 6.3%.
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 Kalamia Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322064/kalamia-estate/topic/education