36.1% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ceduna · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Ceduna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 36.1% of people in Ceduna finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While school completion and university degrees have both risen since 2011, the area still trails behind South Australia and the rest of the country in formal education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below the state and national levels, though the figure rose 6.4 percentage points since 2011. For many residents, the highest year of school finished was Year 10 or Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ceduna, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.9% of the population.
11.3% ▲ +51.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Ceduna, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 15.1%. Engineering and education follow closely at 13.9% and 11.9% respectively.
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 Ceduna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415008/ceduna/topic/education