25.2% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Snowtown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Snowtown
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 Snowtown, held by 38.7% of adults. The area has a very low rate of formal school and university completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This is among the lowest levels of school completion seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Snowtown splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (29%) and Year 11 (26%), with Year 10 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.1% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Snowtown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied society and culture (13.5%) or engineering and related fields (12.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than in most areas. The only school serving the area is a government primary school.
12.66
Higher than 79% 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).
35
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Snowtown
1 school — 35 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Snowtown Primary School, Snowtown | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 35 | 965 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Snowtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41349/snowtown/topic/education