19.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cross Roads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cross Roads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Cross Roads are among the lowest of similar areas. Only 19% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where very few adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 19% of people here completed Year 12, a figure far below the South Australian average of 54.6%. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 28.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cross Roads, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 11 (26%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 3.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.8% of residents.
3.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Cross Roads, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 78%; Bachelor degree is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related studies at 20.5%, followed by Health and Management and commerce at 8.2% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. However, this school's advantage score is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
253
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cross Roads
1 school — 253 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Moonta Area School, Moonta | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 253 | 924 |
Sources
More for Cross Roads
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cross Roads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40328/cross-roads/topic/education