29.7% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Owen · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Owen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school or university in Owen compared to most similar areas. Only 29.7% of residents finished Year 12, and just 3.4% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the South Australian average of 54.6%, though the figure rose 5.9 points since 2011 to reach 29.7%. About 29.2% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Owen splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (31%) and Year 10 (31%), with Year 11 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with the 3.4% rate being among the lowest for this level and falling slightly since 2011. Instead, half of all qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
3.4% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Owen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 27.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 13%.
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 Owen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422038/owen/topic/education