27.0% ▲ +32.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Punyelroo · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 32 percentage points separates Punyelroo from the national average in Year 12 completion. Only 27% of residents here finished high school, which is far below the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. Nearly 30% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
27.0% ▲ +32.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Punyelroo splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
8.1% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Punyelroo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 27%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 31.8%, followed by Health at 27.3%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3km, though its average size of 86 students is much lower than most areas.
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).
86
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
940
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 86 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Swan Reach Area School, Swan Reach | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 86 | 940 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Punyelroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41225/punyelroo/topic/education