28.9% ▲ +30.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morgan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Morgan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Morgan have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 28.9% completing Year 12. This is roughly 30 points lower than the national figure. Education levels in the area are generally lower than the state and national averages across the board.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 54.6% seen across South Australia. Other common highest school years include Year 10 at 25.6% and Year 11 at 18.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Morgan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 10 (29%), with Year 11 at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 4.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.2% of the population.
4.1% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Morgan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Morgan most often studied engineering and related fields, at 21.7%, followed by society and culture at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than most areas at just 37 students. The only school within 3km is a government primary school.
14.49
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
896
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Morgan
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 896.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Morgan Primary School, Morgan | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 37 | 896 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40923/morgan/topic/education