34.7% ▲ +84.9%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Orroroo · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Orroroo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34.7% of people in Orroroo have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While schooling and degree levels are currently lower than most areas, both have seen a steady climb over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 16 points since 2011, though it remains far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. About 21.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 11, while 16.9% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Orroroo, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.9% of residents, though the proportion of people with degrees rose 8.2 points since 2011.
8.9% ▲ +1114.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Orroroo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Orroroo are most often in Engineering and related fields at 17.8%. Other common areas of study include Health at 14.6% and Education 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 Orroroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421029/orroroo/topic/education