51.1% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Torrens · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Torrens
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Mount Torrens hold a Certificate III or IV, making it a place where trade and vocational qualifications are common. While university degrees are more frequent here than in most similar areas, the community generally has lower school and tertiary completion rates than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the South Australian and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Torrens, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 11 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 19.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the state average and well below the national figure.
19.8% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Torrens, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mount Torrens are spread across several fields, with Engineering being the most common at 15.8%, followed by Health at 13.7% and Management and Commerce at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 15.5 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, and four schools located within 3km. Half of these are government and half are independent, with an average school size of 214 students.
15.50
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
214
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Higher than 58% 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 Torrens
4 schools — 855 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 2
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Mount Torrens Christian School, Mount Torrens | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 57 | 999 |
| St Benedict School, Mount Torrens | Independent | Primary | 3.2 km | 49 | 1,109 |
| Birdwood High School, Birdwood | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 555 | 996 |
| Birdwood Primary School, Birdwood | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 194 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40964/mount-torrens/topic/education