38.5% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Farrell Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Farrell Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Farrell Flat, held by 45.6% of adults. The area has a small population where higher education is far less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is low here at 38.5%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6% and the national rate of 58.8%. Roughly 42% of residents left school during or before Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Farrell Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 11 (28%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 22.7% seen across South Australia. This means the area has much lower levels of university qualifications than most other similar places.
10.6% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Farrell Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are Engineering and related subjects at 23.3%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation shared by about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Farrell Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40432/farrell-flat/topic/education