33.7% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kimba · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kimba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Kimba have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 33.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure, though the number of people with higher qualifications has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 33.7%, which is far below both South Australia and the national average. This is an improvement from 2011, when only 25.1% of residents had finished school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kimba, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the rest of the country. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 33.1% of the total.
9.1% ▲ +57.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Kimba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in engineering and related fields are the most common at 17.4%, followed by management and commerce at 15.7%.
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 Kimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421019/kimba/topic/education