39.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Arcoona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Arcoona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Arcoona has remained low compared to the rest of the country. Only 39.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national averages, with 15 to 20 percentage points fewer people finishing Year 12. About 19% of residents stopped after Year 11, while 16.5% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Arcoona, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.7% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Arcoona, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 83%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, those trained in engineering and related fields make up the largest group at 28.8%. Other common areas of study include management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is very small with a typical size of just 10 students. This school has an advantage score of 954, which is lower than most other areas.
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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Arcoona
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Woomera Area School, Woomera | Government | Combined | 32.7 km | 10 | 954 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Arcoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40038/arcoona/topic/education