36.5% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Georgetown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Georgetown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Georgetown from the national average for Year 12 completion. Fewer residents here have finished high school or earned university degrees compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. About 21% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Georgetown, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in the area, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though 32% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
10.3% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Georgetown, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering, health, and society and culture, each representing 13.6% of the group.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40482/georgetown/topic/education