33.4% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Pirie · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Port Pirie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Port Pirie hold a Certificate III or IV. This reflects a local workforce where practical trade skills are far more common than university degrees, which are much less frequent here than across the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.4% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the South Australian average of 54.6% and has barely changed since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with bachelor degrees or higher held by just 8.1% of adults. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and has remained steady over the last decade.
8.1% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Port Pirie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.7%, followed by society and culture at 13.7% and management and commerce at 12.4%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413005/port-pirie/topic/education