27.6% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Stowport · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Stowport
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Not a single adult in Upper Stowport holds a bachelor's degree or higher, making it one of the least qualified areas in the region. This lack of university degrees is reflected in the schooling data, where only 27.6% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8% and the state's 47.1%. Over half of the residents, 52.6%, list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upper Stowport, Year 10 is the majority at 53%; Year 12 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, with no residents holding a bachelor or postgraduate degree. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.9% of adults.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Upper Stowport, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a range of fields, with Society and Culture (18.6%) and Engineering (16.3%) being the most common choices.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, though the typical school size here is much lower than in most other 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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upper Stowport
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Natone Primary School, Natone | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 27 | 922 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Stowport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60710/upper-stowport/topic/education