34.8% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Palmerston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Palmerston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 34.8% of people in East Palmerston finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in early schooling is reflected in the local qualification levels, which are also much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures, with 34.8% of residents finishing. Roughly 32% of people stopped after Year 10, while 14.4% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →East Palmerston splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.5% of residents.
9.6% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 East Palmerston, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Education at 23.1% and Engineering at 12.1%. Management and commerce qualifications follow at 9.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30931/east-palmerston/topic/education