36.6% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Hughes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Port Hughes have remained relatively steady, though the community lacks the high school completion rates seen elsewhere. Only 36.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This profile shows a workforce leaning more toward trade certificates than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most other areas. Just 36.6% completed Year 12, which is 22 points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Hughes, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 12.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below South Australia's 22.7%, while trade qualifications are more typical, with 36% holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.4% ▲ +104.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Hughes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a variety of fields, led by health at 15.8% and management and commerce at 14.8%. Engineering and education also make up a significant portion of the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government school. While this is more than about 59% of similar areas, the school's average advantage score is much lower than most.
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).
253
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% 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 Hughes
1 school — 253 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Moonta Area School, Moonta | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 253 | 924 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41198/port-hughes/topic/education