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Education & Qualifications in Bordertown

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Bordertown sits around the middle for its level in education and qualifications. While it has seen some progress, only 38.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This suggests a local workforce more focused on practical skills than formal academic schooling.

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📍 Bordertown, Urban Centre

Where Bordertown sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

10.3% ▲ +34.4%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Bordertown — lower than 58% of areas.

Bordertown10.3%
5268, SA 9.9%
South Australia 22.7%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rates rose 6.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 38.2%. Despite this growth, the figure remains far below the South Australian average of 54.6%, with 20% of the population finishing Year 11 as their highest level of school.

Completed Year 12

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38.2% ▲ +21.0%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Bordertown, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (20%).

Year 12 38.2% Year 11 20.0% Year 10 18.3% Year 9 or below 15.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A bachelor degree or higher is held by 10.3% of adults, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This result is typical for similar areas, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 38.6%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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10.3% ▲ +34.4%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in Bordertown are most often in Engineering and related fields at 19.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 16.2%. Other common areas of study include Society and Culture at 10.0% and Health at 8.5%.

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 Bordertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415007/bordertown/topic/education