21.9% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Copley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Copley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Copley have completed secondary or tertiary education than in most similar areas. Only 21.9% of people finished Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%, sitting at just 21.9% for Copley. Roughly 18.8% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Copley splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (29%), with Year 10 at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 4.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.4% of people.
4.5% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Copley, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Certificate I / II is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 21.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is much smaller than those in most similar areas with an average size of 42 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
42
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
791
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Copley
1 school — 42 students, average ICSEA 791.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Leigh Creek Area School, Leigh Creek | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 42 | 791 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Copley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40311/copley/topic/education