40.9% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Schank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Schank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mount Schank have finished high school than in the rest of the country, with only 40.9% completing Year 12. This gap is a defining feature of the area's education profile, falling far below both the South Australian and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. About 25.3% of people here stopped after Year 11, while 16.1% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Schank, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (29%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, a figure well below the state's 22.7%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.7% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Schank, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Education being the most common at 13.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local government-run school is a combined primary and secondary site with an average size of 134 students. This school has an advantage score of 926, which is much lower than most similar 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).
134
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% 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 Schank
1 school — 134 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Allendale East Area School, Allendale East | Government | Combined | 6.7 km | 134 | 926 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Schank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40961/mount-schank/topic/education