60.4% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Echunga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Echunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees mark Echunga as a place with a well-qualified population compared to most similar areas. Over 60% of residents have finished Year 12, and more than a quarter of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than in most areas, with 60.4% of residents finishing school. This is well above the South Australian figure of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Echunga, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 27.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the national figure of 26.3%.
27.4% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Echunga splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, though engineering and related studies are the most common at 15.4%, followed by management and commerce at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 538 students. There are five schools within 3km, and 80% are government-run.
4.33
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
538
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Echunga
5 schools — 2,689 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| Echunga Primary and Preschool, Echunga | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 149 | 1,042 |
| Mount Barker High School, Mount Barker | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 1,061 | 1,010 |
| Mount Barker South Primary School, Mount Barker | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 399 | 1,011 |
| Mount Barker Primary School, Mount Barker | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 326 | 1,016 |
| Cornerstone College, Mount Barker | Independent | Secondary | 6.2 km | 754 | 1,094 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40388/echunga/topic/education