45.4% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Freeling · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Freeling
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 10.9% of adults in Freeling hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a workforce largely focused on practical skills and trade-based training rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45.4%, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. This is consistent with a local profile where many residents leave school after Year 11 or 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Freeling, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification, with 49.6% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV. This high level of vocational training helps explain why university degrees are far less common here than in the rest of the state.
10.9% ▲ +58.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Freeling, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 17.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one school in the area, a government primary school. This results in a low number of schools per 1,000 children compared to most other similar areas.
1.51
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
241
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Freeling
1 school — 241 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Freeling Primary School, Freeling | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 241 | 990 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Freeling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40464/freeling/topic/education