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Education & Qualifications in Boatswain Point

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

A gap of 44 percentage points separates Boatswain Point from the national average for Year 12 completion. This small area has very low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to both the state and the country.

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📍 Boatswain Point, Suburb / Locality

Where Boatswain Point sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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

Boatswain Point0.0%
5275, SA 9.2%
South Australia 22.7%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 15% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 30%.

Completed Year 12

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Lower than 99% 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 Boatswain Point, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 11 (29%) and Year 12 (19%).

Year 10 30.0% Year 11 22.5% Year 12 15.0% Year 9 or below 10.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the 26.3% national average.

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 Boatswain Point, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 57%; Certificate III / IV is next at 43%.

Advanced diploma / diploma 26.7% Certificate III / IV 20.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 33%, ahead of Management & commerce (33%).

Field of qualification

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Boatswain Point splits fairly evenly between Engineering & related (36%) and Management & commerce (36%), with Health at 29%.

Engineering & related 33.3% Management & commerce 33.3% Health 26.7%

Schools

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

There are no schools within 3 km of this area.

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).

Schools in and around Boatswain Point — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

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 Boatswain Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40130/boatswain-point/topic/education