42.1% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Scotchy Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Scotchy Pocket
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Scotchy Pocket have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is most striking among university graduates, with no one in the area holding a bachelor degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national averages, with 42.1% finishing Year 12. About 36.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Scotchy Pocket splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 9 or below (34%), with Year 10 at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are absent here, as 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 45.5% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Scotchy Pocket, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 38%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with architecture and building being the most common at 18.2%. Engineering, agriculture, society and culture, and hospitality each account for 13.6% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary government schools within 3km, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 25 students. These schools have a lower advantage score than most other areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
25
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Scotchy Pocket
2 schools — 50 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Gunalda State School, Gunalda | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 41 | 956 |
| Theebine State School, Theebine | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 9 | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Scotchy Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32526/scotchy-pocket/topic/education