35.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Monteith · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Monteith
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Monteith from the South Australian average for Year 12 completion. Only 35.8% of residents finished their final year of school, and no adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher. This puts the local qualification level far below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 35.8% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Other common outcomes include 21% who finished Year 11 and 21% who finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Monteith, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area have a bachelor degree, a result far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, half of the adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 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 Monteith, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 83%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with architecture, building, agriculture, and society and culture each making up 20% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. These schools are typically much larger than those in most areas, though they have a much lower average advantage score.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
578
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
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 Monteith
4 schools — 2,310 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Unity College, Murray Bridge | Independent | Combined | 5.6 km | 761 | 1,004 |
| Fraser Park Primary School, Murray Bridge | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 83 | 818 |
| Murray Bridge High School, Murray Bridge | Government | Secondary | 6.7 km | 1,228 | 918 |
| Murray Bridge South Primary School, Murray Bridge | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 238 | 878 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Monteith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40909/monteith/topic/education