21.6% ▲ +68.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Duck Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Duck Ponds
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of Duck Ponds residents finished school at Year 10, marking it as an area with very low formal education levels. This is a community where few people hold high-level degrees, and the proportion of people completing Year 12 is far below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 21.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 54.6% seen across South Australia. This is among the lowest levels for this qualification in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Duck Ponds, Year 10 is the majority at 55%; Year 12 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is just 6.8%, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 26.3%.
6.8% ▲ —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Duck Ponds, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with architecture and building, health, and society and culture each accounting for 10.1% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. Most are government-run, and half are primary schools.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
379
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Duck Ponds
6 schools — 2,274 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Port Lincoln Special School, Port Lincoln | Government | Combined | 7.2 km | 20 | 900 |
| Lincoln Gardens Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 49 | 701 |
| Port Lincoln High School, Port Lincoln | Government | Secondary | 7.9 km | 767 | 923 |
| St Joseph's School, Port Lincoln | Catholic | Combined | 8.0 km | 829 | 1,015 |
| Port Lincoln Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 332 | 952 |
| Port Lincoln Junior Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 277 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Duck Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40375/duck-ponds/topic/education