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Education & Qualifications in Birchmore

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Half of all qualified adults in Birchmore hold a Certificate III or IV, making these trade-level credentials the most common achievement here. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state and country.

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📍 Birchmore, Suburb / Locality

Where Birchmore sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Birchmore — lower than 99% of areas.

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5223, SA 16.4%
South Australia 22.7%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 36.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. Many others stopped after Year 10 or Year 11.

Completed Year 12

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Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Birchmore, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).

Year 12 36.4% Year 10 21.2% Year 11 18.2% Year 9 or below 15.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults here hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, 30% of residents have a diploma or advanced diploma.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Birchmore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 38%.

Certificate III / IV 50.0% Advanced diploma / diploma 30.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread evenly across several fields, with Information Technology, Architecture and Building, Agriculture and Environment, and Society and Culture each representing 15% of the mix.

Field of qualification

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Birchmore splits fairly evenly between Information technology (25%) and Architecture & building (25%), with Agriculture & environment at 25%.

Information technology 15.0% Architecture & building 15.0% Agriculture & environment 15.0% Society & culture 15.0%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3 km of Birchmore, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Birchmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40108/birchmore/topic/education