27.5% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Pirie West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Pirie West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Port Pirie West than in most similar areas. Only 27.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where only 4.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with only 27.5% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below South Australia's figure of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Port Pirie West splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 10 (26%), with Year 11 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 4.4% of adults, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9% of people.
4.4% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Pirie West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in engineering and related fields at 17.2%, followed by society and culture at 14.5% and management and commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 8 schools within 3 km, more than about 80% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas. Government schools make up 75% of the local sector.
2.48
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
332
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% 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 Pirie West
8 schools — 2,659 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Mid North Education Centre, Port Pirie | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 17 | 873 |
| Port Pirie West Primary School, Port Pirie | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 201 | 873 |
| John Pirie Secondary School, Port Pirie | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 691 | 894 |
| Airdale Primary School, Port Pirie | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 119 | 783 |
| Mid North Christian College, Port Pirie | Independent | Combined | 5.8 km | 203 | 998 |
| Solomontown Primary School, Port Pirie | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 183 | 881 |
| Risdon Park Primary School, Port Pirie | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 300 | 944 |
| St Mark's College - Bosco Campus, Port Pirie | Catholic | Combined | 6.3 km | 945 | 1,002 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Pirie West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41211/port-pirie-west/topic/education