37.7% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kenilworth · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kenilworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Kenilworth have finished school and earned degrees than they did in 2011. While 37.7% of residents have completed Year 12, this is still far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 8.5 points since 2011 to reach 37.7%, though this remains far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 36.4% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kenilworth splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher doubled since 2011 to 14.8%. This is higher than most similar areas, but still well below the 21.9% seen across Queensland.
14.8% ▲ +102.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Kenilworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 23.0%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.8% and education at 13.1%.
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 Kenilworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322068/kenilworth/topic/education