33.5% ▲ +107.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Keppel Sands · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Keppel Sands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Keppel Sands have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. While 33.5% of residents finished Year 12, this is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates have risen by 17 points since 2011, though the typical resident's highest school year reached is Year 10, at 38.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Keppel Sands, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (36%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9% and has fallen slightly since 2011. Trade qualifications are more common, with 43.9% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
8.7% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Keppel Sands, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 25.1%, followed by Society and Culture at 8.8%.
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 Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322069/keppel-sands/topic/education