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Education & Qualifications in Bletchley

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

A gap of nearly 9 percentage points separates Bletchley from the national figure for Year 12 completion. Only half of the people here finished high school, which is well below the South Australian and Australian averages. This reflects a local profile where most adults hold trade-based qualifications rather than degrees.

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Where Bletchley sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.7% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bletchley — higher than 58% of areas.

Bletchley16.7%
5255, SA 14.1%
South Australia 22.7%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Exactly 50% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the state and national averages. Around 20% of people stopped their schooling at Year 11.

Completed Year 12

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50.0% —

Higher than 62% 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 Bletchley, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 21%.

Year 12 50.0% Year 11 20.4% Year 10 16.7% Year 9 or below 11.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population, which is well below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.7% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.7% —

Higher than 58% 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

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In Bletchley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (15%).

Certificate III / IV 45.7% Advanced diploma / diploma 22.9% Bachelor degree 14.3% Postgraduate degree 11.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 25.7%. Information technology, agriculture and environment, and society and culture each account for 11.4% of degrees.

Field of qualification

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In Bletchley, the largest group is Engineering & related at 33%, followed by Information technology (15%) and Agriculture & environment (15%).

Engineering & related 25.7% Information technology 11.4% Agriculture & environment 11.4% Society & culture 11.4% Education 8.6% Management & commerce 8.6%

Schools

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

There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, making it smaller 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 Bletchley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40125/bletchley/topic/education