71.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tieyon · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost 72% of people in Tieyon have completed Year 12, a figure far above the national average. This high level of schooling is consistent with a well-educated population where university degrees are much more common than in most other areas.
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is very common here, with 71.9% of residents reaching this level. This is far above the 54.6% seen across South Australia and 13 points higher than the Australian figure.
71.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Tieyon, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is a strong feature of the area, as 31.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above both the state (22.7%) and national (26.3%) figures.
31.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Tieyon, Bachelor degree is the majority at 52%; Certificate III / IV is next at 48%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Food, hospitality & personal services at 24%, ahead of Engineering & related (18%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local area has one government school, which is a combined primary and secondary site. It is a small facility, with an average size of 16 students, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1 school — 16 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Oodnadatta Aboriginal School, Oodnadatta | Government | Combined | 126.5 km | 16 | — |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tieyon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41453/tieyon/topic/education