42.0% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jamestown · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Jamestown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates than most similar areas define Jamestown, though figures remain well below state and national levels. While only 42% of residents finished Year 12, this represents a steady increase of 11 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 42% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 58.8% national figure. Other common outcomes include 21.7% finishing Year 11 and 17.9% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jamestown, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 11.9%, a figure far below the South Australian average of 22.7%. This is around the middle for its level, and it has risen slightly by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
11.9% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Jamestown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 20.1%, followed by Health at 16.2% and Education at 11.3%.
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 Jamestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415014/jamestown/topic/education