34.2% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Saddleworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Saddleworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Saddleworth, held by 39.4% of adults. This is a community where few residents have completed Year 12, with only 34.2% finishing school, a figure far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. Around 23.6% of people left school after Year 11, while 14% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Saddleworth, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most similar areas and far below the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
8.4% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Saddleworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related areas at 19.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.8% and Health at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Saddleworth has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the only local school is a small government primary school with an average size of just 46 students.
16.67
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
46
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Saddleworth
1 school — 46 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Saddleworth Primary School, Saddleworth | Government | Primary | 0.0 km | 46 | 943 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Saddleworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41286/saddleworth/topic/education