41.0% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pinnaroo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pinnaroo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling and higher qualifications than most similar areas are common in Pinnaroo. Only 41% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to university degrees, where only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Pinnaroo finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 41% completing Year 12. This is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pinnaroo, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 10.3%, which is far below both the state and national figures. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 34.8% of the population.
10.3% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Pinnaroo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with health at 14.9% and engineering and related fields at 14.6% being the most frequent.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 63 students. There is one government primary school within 3 km of the town center.
8.85
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
63
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pinnaroo
1 school — 63 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pinnaroo Primary School, Pinnaroo | Government | Primary | 8.6 km | 63 | 991 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pinnaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41163/pinnaroo/topic/education