39.6% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Flinders · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Flinders
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39.6% of residents in Flinders have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a place where formal schooling and higher qualifications are much less common than in most other areas of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has fallen to 39.6% since 2011, leaving the area far below both the state and national rates. Around 40% of residents stopped their schooling in Year 11 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Flinders, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 11.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011, and Certificate III or IV qualifications are now the most common high-level qualification at 38.4%.
11.2% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Flinders, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.9%. Management and commerce follow at 11.9%, while Health and Society and Culture both sit around 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Flinders has 4.29 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. While there are 29 schools within 3km of residents, the average school size is much smaller than usual at 204 students, and most are government-run combined schools.
4.29
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
29
Higher than 75% of state electorate 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).
5,923
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
204
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Flinders
29 schools — 5,923 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 26 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 18 · Primary 10 · Secondary 1
| Penong Primary School, Penong | Government | Primary | 28.5 km | 36 | 870 |
| Koonibba Aboriginal School, Koonibba | Government | Primary | 29.3 km | 27 | — |
| Ceduna Area School, Ceduna | Government | Combined | 64.1 km | 448 | 859 |
| Crossways Lutheran School Ceduna, Ceduna | Independent | Combined | 64.3 km | 134 | 793 |
| Miltaburra Area School, Wirrulla | Government | Combined | 129.1 km | 61 | 962 |
| Yalata Anangu School, Yalata | Government | Combined | 130.8 km | 50 | — |
| Streaky Bay Area School, Streaky Bay | Government | Combined | 152.1 km | 276 | 977 |
| Karcultaby Area School, Karcultaby | Government | Combined | 203.0 km | 83 | 998 |
| Wudinna Area School, Wudinna | Government | Combined | 258.5 km | 188 | 997 |
| Elliston Area School, Elliston | Government | Combined | 265.8 km | 61 | 961 |
| Lock Area School, Lock | Government | Combined | 315.1 km | 43 | 960 |
| Kimba Area School, Kimba | Government | Combined | 340.8 km | 187 | 992 |
| Oak Valley Aboriginal School, Oak Valley | Government | Combined | 349.4 km | 18 | — |
| Cummins Area School, Cummins | Government | Combined | 367.5 km | 382 | 994 |
| Cleve Area School, Cleve | Government | Combined | 378.9 km | 324 | 988 |
| Lake Wangary School, Wangary | Government | Primary | 379.1 km | 74 | 970 |
| Ungarra Primary School, Ungarra | Government | Primary | 381.1 km | 33 | 1,005 |
| Port Neill Primary School, Port Neill | Government | Primary | 396.1 km | 26 | 1,060 |
| Tumby Bay Area School, Tumby Bay | Government | Combined | 400.0 km | 237 | 988 |
| Poonindie Community Learning Centre, Poonindie | Government | Primary | 403.9 km | 131 | 984 |
| Cowell Area School, Cowell | Government | Combined | 410.7 km | 169 | 969 |
| Port Lincoln High School, Port Lincoln | Government | Secondary | 414.9 km | 767 | 923 |
| Port Lincoln Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 415.1 km | 332 | 952 |
| Port Lincoln Junior Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 415.2 km | 277 | 974 |
| St Joseph's School, Port Lincoln | Catholic | Combined | 415.3 km | 829 | 1,015 |
| Port Lincoln Special School, Port Lincoln | Government | Combined | 416.1 km | 20 | 900 |
| Lincoln Gardens Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 416.2 km | 49 | 701 |
| Kirton Point Primary School, Port Lincoln | Government | Primary | 416.4 km | 195 | 896 |
| Navigator College, Port Lincoln | Independent | Combined | 416.9 km | 466 | 1,013 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40015/flinders/topic/education