36.5% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ceduna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ceduna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Ceduna have finished high school or university compared to most of the country. Only 36.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, where degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with only 36.5% of residents finishing Year 12. About 20.1% of the population stopped after Year 10, and 13.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ceduna, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas, as only 11.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 35.2%.
11.1% ▲ +66.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Ceduna, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 15%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.5% and education at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ceduna has two schools within 3km, more than 66% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and independent sectors, though the average school advantage score is among the lowest for its level.
4.73
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
291
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
844
Lower 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 Ceduna
2 schools — 582 students, average ICSEA 844.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 2
| Ceduna Area School, Ceduna | Government | Combined | 8.9 km | 448 | 859 |
| Crossways Lutheran School Ceduna, Ceduna | Independent | Combined | 9.1 km | 134 | 793 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ceduna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40237/ceduna/topic/education