25.5% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fisher
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling shape daily life in Fisher, where only 25.5% of people have finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community where most adults have transitioned into the workforce without completing secondary school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest of similar areas at 25.5%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. The most common highest years of school completed are Year 12 and Year 10, both at 25.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Fisher splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (32%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 11 at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Fisher hold a bachelor's degree, a result far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, vocational training is common, with 59.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Fisher, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 80%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and environment, Health, and Management and commerce each accounting for 18.5% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average of 86 students. Its average school advantage score is also much lower than most areas.
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).
86
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
940
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fisher
1 school — 86 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Swan Reach Area School, Swan Reach | Government | Combined | 9.3 km | 86 | 940 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40440/fisher/topic/education