35.7% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barmera · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barmera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Barmera have finished high school compared to most other areas. Only 35.7% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a larger share of the local adult population relies on trade certificates or earlier school leaver qualifications for their work.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 35.7%, which is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. About 20.5% of residents finished at Year 10, while 17.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barmera, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 10.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39.9% of residents.
10.2% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Barmera, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 15% and Health at 13.1%. Management and commerce follow at 12.4%, while Society and culture accounts for 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Barmera has five schools within 3km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size is small, with an average of 98 students.
4.57
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
98
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barmera
5 schools — 488 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1
| Barmera Primary School, Barmera | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 132 | 925 |
| St Joseph's School, Barmera | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 67 | 957 |
| Cobdogla Primary School, Cobdogla | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 107 | 983 |
| Glossop Community School, Glossop | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 41 | 845 |
| Rivergum Christian College, Glossop | Independent | Combined | 7.0 km | 141 | 1,006 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40073/barmera/topic/education