63.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Basket Range · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Basket Range
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education is very common in Basket Range, where more than a third of adults hold a university degree. This makes the area stand out for its strong academic background compared to both the state and national figures. Most residents have a high level of schooling and professional qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure, with 63.4% of residents finishing their final year. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 8.8 points above the South Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Basket Range, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 35.2% of adults, which is far above the state average of 22.7%. Most of these higher qualifications are bachelor degrees, making up 37.1% of the total.
35.2% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 35.2%
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 Basket Range, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Certificate III / IV (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in society and culture are the most common at 15.1%, followed by management and commerce at 12.2% and education at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local primary schools are small, with an average size of 71 students, yet the area has a high number of schools per child. All schools in the area are government-run.
12.82
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,100
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Basket Range
4 schools — 284 students, average ICSEA 1,100.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 4
| Basket Range Primary School, Basket Range | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 6 | 1,058 |
| Uraidla Primary School, Uraidla | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 182 | 1,118 |
| Norton Summit Primary School, Norton Summit | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 57 | 1,098 |
| Lenswood Primary School, Lenswood | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 39 | 1,026 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Basket Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40079/basket-range/topic/education