25.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dowlingville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dowlingville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 25% of residents in Dowlingville have completed Year 12, a figure far below the same level in South Australia. This gap extends to higher education, where the area has far fewer university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only a quarter of the population finished Year 12, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas. This is 30 points lower than the South Australian average and 34 points below the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dowlingville, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Typical qualifications are lower than in most areas, with only 9.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 22.7% seen across South Australia.
9.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Dowlingville, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (27%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are split equally between Agriculture & Environment and Education, each accounting for 22.7% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government combined school, which is smaller than those in most similar areas and has a lower average advantage score.
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).
137
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dowlingville
1 school — 137 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Ardrossan Area School, Ardrossan | Government | Combined | 8.6 km | 137 | 959 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dowlingville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40372/dowlingville/topic/education