39.8% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Gambier · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Mount Gambier
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mount Gambier have completed Year 12 or earned a university degree compared to the state and national figures. While these numbers are around the middle for similar areas, there is a notable gap when compared to the rest of Australia. This trend is slowly improving, with more residents finishing high school since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This is an improvement from 2011, when the rate was 32.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Gambier, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here, with 11.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of people.
11.8% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 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 Mount Gambier, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are management and commerce at 16%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mount Gambier has 11 schools with a total of 5,620 enrolments. While the average school size of 511 is much higher than most areas, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual.
11
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
2.25
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5,620
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
511
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Higher than 58% 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 Gambier
11 schools — 5,620 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Tenison Woods College, Mount Gambier | Catholic | Combined | — | 1,552 | 1,031 |
| Grant High School, Mount Gambier | Government | Secondary | — | 978 | 954 |
| St Martins Lutheran College, Mount Gambier | Independent | Combined | — | 810 | 1,028 |
| Mount Gambier High School, Mount Gambier | Government | Secondary | — | 778 | 946 |
| Reidy Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | — | 474 | 990 |
| McDonald Park School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | — | 379 | 948 |
| Mount Gambier North Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | — | 190 | 888 |
| Mulga Street Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | — | 189 | 943 |
| Melaleuca Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | — | 107 | 882 |
| Suttontown Primary School, Suttontown | Government | Primary | — | 101 | 960 |
| Gordon Education Centre, Mount Gambier | Government | Combined | — | 62 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44620/mount-gambier/topic/education