40.4% ▲ +60.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Myponga · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Myponga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A mix of practical skills and vocational training shapes daily life in Myponga (L). While only 9.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, there has been a steady increase in school completion and higher qualifications over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 15 points since 2011 to reach 40.4%, though this remains far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 22.6% of residents finished Year 11 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Myponga, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical certificates are the most common qualification, with 51.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
9.7% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Myponga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 17.3%, followed by engineering, management, and commerce, which each account for 13.4% of qualifications.
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 Myponga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422035/myponga/topic/education