32.5% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quorn · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Quorn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Quorn have completed secondary school or university compared to other areas, though formal education levels have been climbing. Only 32.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure, but this represents a 9.6 percentage point increase since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below South Australian levels at 32.5%, though it is the most common highest school year reached. Other common stopping points include Year 11 for 22.1% of people and Year 10 for 18.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Quorn, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of people with degrees rose 4.2 percentage points since 2011. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 36.1%.
9.9% ▲ +74.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Quorn, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.1%. Other notable fields include Health at 11.9% and Management and commerce at 9.7%.
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 Quorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421034/quorn/topic/education