47.4% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Elliot · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Elliot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher university qualification rates than most similar areas mark Port Elliot as a well-educated community. While the typical resident is more likely to hold a degree than people in nearby places, the area's Year 12 completion rate is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 47.4%, have completed Year 12. This is well below the South Australian average and far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Elliot, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common than in most similar areas. Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 29.3% of the community.
21.3% ▲ +80.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Port Elliot, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health (14.5%) and society and culture (14.2%) being the most common areas of study. Education and engineering also feature prominently at 13.6% and 13.4% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most areas, with an average size of 550 students. There are two schools within 3km, split evenly between the government and independent sectors.
3.66
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
550
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,029
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Port Elliot
2 schools — 1,099 students, average ICSEA 1,029.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Port Elliot Primary School, Port Elliot | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 351 | 990 |
| Encounter Lutheran College, Victor Harbor | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 748 | 1,048 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Elliot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41194/port-elliot/topic/education