70.5% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Barker Springs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Barker Springs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling and university degrees define the adult population in Mount Barker Springs. About 70.5% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure far above the state and national averages. This creates a highly qualified community where one in four adults holds a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 70.5% of people finishing Year 12. This is 16 percentage points above the South Australian average and 12 points higher than the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Barker Springs, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong academic profile, with 26.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the state average, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 30.1%.
26.2% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mount Barker Springs splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several professional fields, led by Engineering and Society and Culture at 16.1% each. Other common areas of study include Health at 14% and Management and Commerce at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one school within 3km, which is an independent combined school. This school has a school advantage score of 1,087, which is much higher 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).
321
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,087
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Barker Springs
1 school — 321 students, average ICSEA 1,087.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mount Barker Waldorf School, Mount Barker | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 321 | 1,087 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Barker Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40934/mount-barker-springs/topic/education