48.0% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Evanston Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Evanston Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Evanston Park have finished high school compared to the national average. Only 48% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, where the area has a much lower proportion of university degrees than the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is less common here than in most of Australia, with 48% finishing school. About 19.8% of residents stopped after Year 11, while 18.6% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Evanston Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (20%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in South Australia, with only 14.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, trade qualifications are the most frequent, with 40.5% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
14.1% ▲ +34.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Evanston Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce at 18.5%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 17.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Families have a good choice of eight schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Half are government schools and half are independent, with schools here being much larger than those in most other areas.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
618
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Evanston Park
8 schools — 4,945 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Independent 4 · Government 4
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Trinity College North, Evanston South | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 914 | 1,040 |
| Trinity College Senior, Evanston South | Independent | Secondary | 1.3 km | 669 | 1,025 |
| Gawler and District College B-12, Evanston | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 1,247 | 932 |
| Trinity College South, Evanston South | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 957 | 1,039 |
| Evanston Gardens Primary School, Evanston Gardens | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 263 | 943 |
| Gawler Primary School, Gawler | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 168 | 954 |
| Gawler East Primary School, Gawler East | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 374 | 987 |
| Immanuel Gawler, Gawler East | Independent | Primary | 3.7 km | 353 | 1,038 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Evanston Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40423/evanston-park/topic/education