58.0% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Barker · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Mount Barker
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well over half of adults in Mount Barker have finished Year 12, placing the area well above the South Australian average. This trend towards higher learning is clear, with both school completion and university degree rates climbing since 2011. It is a highly educated community where a typical resident is more likely to hold a qualification than people in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 58% of residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most areas and rose by 9.8 percentage points since 2011. This result is well above the South Australian figure of 54.6% and about the same as the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Barker, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 11 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 22.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and rose 6.3 percentage points since 2011. While this matches the South Australian average, it remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
22.4% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 Mount Barker, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 16.6%, followed by society and culture at 14.2% and engineering at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mount Barker has 15 schools with a total of 5,844 enrolments, though it provides much fewer schools per 1,000 children than most areas. The schools are generally larger than those in other areas and have a much higher average advantage score.
15
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
1.96
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5,844
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
390
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,043
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Barker
15 schools — 5,844 students, average ICSEA 1,043.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Mount Barker High School, Mount Barker | Government | Secondary | — | 1,061 | 1,010 |
| St Francis de Sales College, Mount Barker | Catholic | Combined | — | 1,047 | 1,051 |
| Cornerstone College, Mount Barker | Independent | Secondary | — | 754 | 1,094 |
| Mount Barker South Primary School, Mount Barker | Government | Primary | — | 399 | 1,011 |
| Nairne School - Preschool and Primary, Nairne | Government | Primary | — | 399 | 1,009 |
| St Mark's Lutheran School, Mount Barker | Independent | Primary | — | 351 | 1,071 |
| Littlehampton Primary School, Littlehampton | Government | Primary | — | 336 | 1,036 |
| Mount Barker Primary School, Mount Barker | Government | Primary | — | 326 | 1,016 |
| Mount Barker Waldorf School, Mount Barker | Independent | Combined | — | 321 | 1,087 |
| Meadows Primary School, Meadows | Government | Primary | — | 193 | 1,013 |
| St Michael's Lutheran School, Hahndorf Inc, Hahndorf | Independent | Primary | — | 192 | 1,101 |
| Hahndorf Primary School, Hahndorf | Government | Primary | — | 166 | 1,049 |
| Echunga Primary and Preschool, Echunga | Government | Primary | — | 149 | 1,042 |
| Macclesfield Primary School, Macclesfield | Government | Primary | — | 79 | 1,053 |
| Callington Primary School, Callington | Government | Primary | — | 71 | 975 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44550/mount-barker/topic/education