22.3% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peterborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Peterborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults hold higher degrees in Peterborough than in most similar areas, with only 5.6% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is a community where school completion rates are much lower than the state and national figures, which helps explain the high proportion of people with trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 22.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This is among the lowest rates for this level of schooling across similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Peterborough splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (29%) and Year 12 (27%), with Year 11 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher are far fewer here than in the rest of Australia. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common highest qualification, held by 30.9% of the population.
5.6% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Peterborough, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related services at 14.2%, followed by Society and Culture at 10.0% and Health at 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Peterborough has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with three schools within 3km. However, these schools are much smaller than usual and have a much lower average advantage score.
16.04
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
52
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
896
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Peterborough
3 schools — 155 students, average ICSEA 896.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| St Joseph's School, Peterborough | Catholic | Combined | 0.9 km | 62 | 873 |
| Peterborough High School, Peterborough | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 53 | 931 |
| Peterborough Primary School, Peterborough | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 40 | 887 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41143/peterborough/topic/education