48.1% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ottoway · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ottoway
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Ottoway have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 48.1% completing Year 12. This trend carries through to higher education, where the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is 48.1%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 54.6% and far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 18.4% of residents have a Year 9 education or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ottoway, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 9 or below is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of residents.
13.3% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Ottoway, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 16.5%, followed closely by society and culture at 15.8% and engineering at 15.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than in most areas. These schools are larger than typical, with half being government-run primary schools.
2.11
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
466
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ottoway
10 schools — 4,659 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| St Joseph's School, Ottoway | Catholic | Primary | 0.2 km | 154 | 990 |
| Pennington School R-6, Pennington | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 262 | 934 |
| Mount Carmel College Secondary Campus, Rosewater | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,204 | 1,008 |
| St Patrick's School, Mansfield Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 180 | 1,002 |
| Ngutu College, Woodville North | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 260 | 909 |
| Woodville Gardens School Birth-6, Woodville Gardens | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 478 | 983 |
| Alberton Primary School, Queenstown | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 262 | 1,002 |
| Woodville High School, St Clair | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,170 | 973 |
| The Grove Education Centre, Woodville | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 63 | 992 |
| Portside Christian College, New Port | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 626 | 1,067 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ottoway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41081/ottoway/topic/education