38.0% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Crystal Brook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Crystal Brook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Crystal Brook has remained steady, but the town's results are far below state and national levels. Only 38% of people here finished Year 12, which is 21 points lower than the Australian figure. This reflects a local trend toward trade and vocational skills over traditional academic paths.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. Instead, many residents left school earlier, with about 22.7% finishing Year 11 and 19.6% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Crystal Brook, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are common, with 39.4% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. However, only 12.9% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
12.9% ▲ +55.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Crystal Brook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 18.4%, followed by Health at 13.6% and Education at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school. With an average size of 106 students, it is smaller than schools in most similar areas.
3.31
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
106
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Crystal Brook
1 school — 106 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Crystal Brook Primary School, Crystal Brook | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 106 | 977 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Crystal Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40331/crystal-brook/topic/education