59.6% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sturt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sturt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 27% of adults in Sturt hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the state average. This creates a highly educated profile for the area, where school completion rates are also significantly higher than in most other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost 60% of residents finished Year 12, which is well above the South Australian figure of 54.6% and slightly higher than the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sturt, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 11 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of people with a university degree is much higher than in most areas, with 31.9% holding a bachelor degree and 10.6% with a postgraduate qualification.
27.9% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 Sturt, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.6%, followed by health and society and culture, both around 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Sturt is well served by 23 schools within 3km, which is more than 91% of similar areas. These schools have a higher average size and a much higher advantage score than most other areas.
23
Higher than 87% 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).
408
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,072
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sturt
23 schools — 9,378 students, average ICSEA 1,072.
By sector: Government 15 · Independent 4 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 15 · Combined 5 · Secondary 3
| Sunrise Christian School Marion, Marion | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 320 | 1,090 |
| Darlington Primary School, Seacombe Gardens | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 184 | 964 |
| Stella Maris Parish School, Seacombe Gardens | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 429 | 1,086 |
| Seaview High School, Seacombe Heights | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 1,377 | 1,038 |
| Suneden Specialist School, Mitchell Park | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 72 | 1,065 |
| Australian Science and Mathematics School, Bedford Park | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 419 | 1,101 |
| Marion Primary School, Marion | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 149 | 1,032 |
| Christ the King School, Warradale | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 179 | 1,079 |
| Westminster School, Marion | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,401 | 1,139 |
| Seaview Downs Primary School, Seaview Downs | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 324 | 1,051 |
| Warradale Primary School, Warradale | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 286 | 1,032 |
| Brighton Primary School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 726 | 1,077 |
| Hamilton Secondary College, Mitchell Park | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 609 | 994 |
| Clovelly Park Primary School, Clovelly Park | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 222 | 1,038 |
| St Bernadette's School, St Marys | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 205 | 1,085 |
| Bellevue Heights Primary School, Bellevue Heights | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 177 | 1,090 |
| Seacliff Primary School, Seacliff | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 356 | 1,094 |
| IQRA College, O'Halloran Hill | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 734 | 1,067 |
| McAuley Community School, Hove | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 451 | 1,099 |
| Paringa Park Primary School, North Brighton | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 515 | 1,101 |
| Kilparrin Teaching and Assessment School and Services, Park Holme | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 34 | 1,035 |
| SA School and Services for Vision Impaired, Park Holme | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 20 | 965 |
| Ascot Park Primary School, Park Holme | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 189 | 1,025 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41401/sturt/topic/education