50.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harrogate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Harrogate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 18.5% of adults in Harrogate hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average. While many residents have achieved a level of schooling above the local norm, the community generally holds fewer formal qualifications than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this result is still well below the South Australian and national rates.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harrogate, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification here, held by 34.3% of people. While 18.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the typical Australian figure.
18.5% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Harrogate, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 18.5%, followed by health at 12.5% and education at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Harrogate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40567/harrogate/topic/education