45.9% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Strathalbyn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Strathalbyn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Strathalbyn have completed high school or university compared to the state and national averages. Only 45.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is 13 percentage points lower than the Australian figure. This gap extends to higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.9% of people completed Year 12, a result well below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. For those who didn't finish high school, 20% stopped at Year 11 and 18% at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Strathalbyn, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.6% of residents.
13.7% ▲ +30.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Strathalbyn, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in this area most often studied engineering and related fields (15.4%) or management and commerce (14.5%). Society and culture and health are also common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Strathalbyn has some of the largest schools for its area type, with an average size of 825 students. However, there are only 1.58 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.58
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
825
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Strathalbyn
2 schools — 1,649 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 2
| Tyndale Christian School Strathalbyn, Strathalbyn | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 317 | 1,013 |
| Eastern Fleurieu R-12 School, Strathalbyn | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,332 | 981 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Strathalbyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41395/strathalbyn/topic/education