37.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Point Boston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Point Boston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Health and management are the most common fields of study for qualified residents in Point Boston. While few people here finished high school, nearly one in five adults holds a bachelor's degree or higher. This creates a notable gap between those with basic schooling and those with higher university qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Point Boston, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 11 (28%) and Year 10 (28%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Point Boston, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Certificate III / IV (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce each making up 22.2% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This government school is smaller than most and sits around the middle for its advantage score.
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).
131
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Point Boston
1 school — 131 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Poonindie Community Learning Centre, Poonindie | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 131 | 984 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Point Boston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41169/point-boston/topic/education