36.5% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Keith · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Keith
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Keith from the national average in Year 12 completion. This area has a lower level of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the state and country, though these numbers have ticked up since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This is an improvement on 2011, when the rate was 31.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Keith, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, nearly half of the qualified population holds a Certificate III or IV.
8.1% ▲ +34.1%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 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 Keith, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in engineering and related fields at 18.4%, followed by management and commerce at 13.8%.
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 Keith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421018/keith/topic/education