34.5% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barmera · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Barmera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Barmera have finished high school or earned a degree compared to most other similar areas. While these figures are far below the national average, the proportion of people who have completed Year 12 has risen by 11 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.5% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. About 20% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barmera, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, though the number of degree holders has risen since 2011. Certificate III or IV qualifications are most common at 40.4%.
9.3% ▲ +66.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Barmera, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are health at 14.3%, followed closely by management and commerce at 13.4% and engineering at 13.2%.
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415005/barmera/topic/education