34.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Petherick · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Petherick
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates Petherick from the national average for high school completion. While only 34.5% of people here finished Year 12, about a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.5% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the South Australian average of 54.6%. Another 24.1% finished Year 11, while 10.3% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Petherick, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (35%) and Year 10 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 24.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is a little above the state figure of 22.7%. This group is mostly made up of people with graduate diplomas or certificates (20%) and bachelor degrees (15%).
24.1% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 Petherick, Graduate diploma / certificate is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 43%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 30%, followed by health at 20%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Petherick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41146/petherick/topic/education