28.6% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Vincent · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Vincent
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Port Vincent than in most other areas, with only 28.6% of residents completing Year 12. This gap is far below both the state and national figures, creating a local profile where formal schooling is less common than in typical Australian towns.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 28.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. Many locals left school earlier, with 27.8% reaching Year 11 and 23% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Port Vincent splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 11 (29%), with Year 10 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, as only 9.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 46.1% of adults.
9.7% ▲ +55.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Vincent, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 19.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.7% and Health at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Vincent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41214/port-vincent/topic/education