43.3% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Septimus · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Septimus
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Septimus, where 34.7% of adults hold one. This is a place with very low levels of formal higher education, and only 43.3% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Septimus finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 43.3% completing their final year. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Septimus, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, 10.2% of the population holds a diploma or advanced diploma.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 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 Septimus, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 77%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Septimus most often studied Engineering (20.4%) or Agriculture and the environment (12.2%). Health and Education are also common fields of study, each at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools in similar areas with an average size of 36 students. This school has an advantage score that is much lower than most others.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Septimus
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gargett State School, Gargett | Government | Primary | 13.8 km | 36 | 947 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Septimus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32536/septimus/topic/education