68.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cherryville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cherryville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of adults in Cherryville hold a bachelor's degree or higher, placing the area among the most qualified in the region. This high level of tertiary education is matched by strong school completion rates, with the community far exceeding state and national benchmarks for education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most areas. About 68.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far above the South Australian figure of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cherryville, Year 12 is the majority at 83%; Year 11 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The level of higher education is very high, with 39.8% of adults holding at least a bachelor's degree. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, with over a quarter of adults holding a postgraduate degree.
39.8% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Cherryville splits fairly evenly between Postgraduate degree (31%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Certificate III / IV at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread evenly across several fields, with Engineering, Health, Education, and Society and Culture each accounting for 13.4% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three primary government schools within 3km. While these schools are much smaller than most, they have an average advantage score that is much higher than in most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
34
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,068
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cherryville
3 schools — 102 students, average ICSEA 1,068.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Basket Range Primary School, Basket Range | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 6 | 1,058 |
| Lenswood Primary School, Lenswood | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 39 | 1,026 |
| Norton Summit Primary School, Norton Summit | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 57 | 1,098 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cherryville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40250/cherryville/topic/education