39.9% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Encounter Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Encounter Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Encounter Bay have finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 39.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are also less common than in the wider state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the South Australian average, with only 39.9% of residents reaching this milestone. Roughly 22.6% of the population finished at Year 10, while 11% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Encounter Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.5% of residents.
16.2% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Encounter Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most often studied management and commerce (17%) or engineering (15.3%). Health, society and culture, and education also feature as common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Encounter Bay has more schools within 3km than 70% of similar areas, with an average school size of 585 students. These schools, which are mostly government-run, have an advantage score higher than most other 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).
585
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Encounter Bay
3 schools — 1,755 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 1 · Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Investigator College, Victor Harbor | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 668 | 1,065 |
| Victor Harbor High School, Victor Harbor | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 633 | 974 |
| Victor Harbor Primary School, Victor Harbor | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 454 | 963 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Encounter Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40410/encounter-bay/topic/education