40.8% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tungkillo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tungkillo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Tungkillo have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 40.8% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% and suggests a community where many residents left school early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. Another 23.9% of people left school after Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tungkillo, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 15.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the state average of 22.7%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.4% of residents.
15.7% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Tungkillo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 22.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.7%. Health qualifications make up 12.3% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Tungkillo has one government primary school within 3km. This school is much smaller than most others in similar areas, with an average size of 58 students.
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).
58
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher 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 Tungkillo
1 school — 58 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 10.2 km | 58 | 994 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tungkillo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41477/tungkillo/topic/education