60.7% ▲ +42.5%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clarendon · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Clarendon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 60% of people in Clarendon (L) have finished Year 12, marking it as a highly educated area. This is well above the South Australian figure, reflecting a strong local trend toward higher schooling and qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has jumped 18 points since 2011 to reach 60.7%. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and sits well above the state average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clarendon, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
One in four adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most areas. This figure rose 8.1 points since 2011, though it remains a little below the national average.
25.1% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Clarendon splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 17.1%, followed by engineering and management at 15.3% each.
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 Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422014/clarendon/topic/education