39.3% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Gambier · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Gambier
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Mount Gambier than in the rest of the country. Only 39.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in other parts of South Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state average, with 39.3% of people finishing high school. Other common results include 21.7% reaching Year 11 and 18.5% reaching Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Gambier, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.6% of residents.
11.6% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Mount Gambier, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 15.9%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mount Gambier has a high number of schools within 3km, with 13 options available. These schools are typically larger than those in similar areas, and the vast majority (84.6%) are government run.
2.18
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
447
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 54% 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 Gambier
13 schools — 5,813 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 11 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| McDonald Park School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 379 | 948 |
| Gordon Education Centre, Mount Gambier | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 62 | 951 |
| Mount Gambier North Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 190 | 888 |
| Reidy Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 474 | 990 |
| Mount Gambier High School, Mount Gambier | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 778 | 946 |
| St Martins Lutheran College, Mount Gambier | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 810 | 1,028 |
| Melaleuca Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 107 | 882 |
| Tenison Woods College, Mount Gambier | Catholic | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,552 | 1,031 |
| Mulga Street Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 189 | 943 |
| Grant High School, Mount Gambier | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 978 | 954 |
| Suttontown Primary School, Suttontown | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 101 | 960 |
| Compton Primary School, Suttontown | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 76 | 980 |
| Moorak Primary School, Moorak | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 117 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40947/mount-gambier/topic/education