48.7% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Suttontown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Suttontown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the people in Suttontown have completed Year 12, at 48.7%. This is far below the national figure and shows a community where many adults left school early. While a fair number of residents hold trade certificates, the proportion of those with university degrees is well below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About a quarter of residents reached Year 11, while 14.5% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Suttontown, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 10 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.9% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 48% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.9% ▲ +41.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Suttontown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 22.9%, followed by management and commerce at 16.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Suttontown has 11 schools within 3 km, meaning there are 13.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average school size of 430 students.
13.42
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
430
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Suttontown
11 schools — 4,725 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Suttontown Primary School, Suttontown | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 101 | 960 |
| Compton Primary School, Suttontown | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 76 | 980 |
| Mulga Street Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 189 | 943 |
| Mount Gambier North Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 190 | 888 |
| Gordon Education Centre, Mount Gambier | Government | Combined | 4.8 km | 62 | 951 |
| Mount Gambier High School, Mount Gambier | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 778 | 946 |
| Tenison Woods College, Mount Gambier | Catholic | Combined | 5.0 km | 1,552 | 1,031 |
| St Martins Lutheran College, Mount Gambier | Independent | Combined | 5.7 km | 810 | 1,028 |
| McDonald Park School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 379 | 948 |
| Reidy Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 474 | 990 |
| Mil Lel Primary School, Mil Lel | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 114 | 1,005 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Suttontown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41412/suttontown/topic/education