45.0% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gawler
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Gawler, though school completion is lower. Around 19.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, but only 45% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45%, which is well below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. About 20% of residents finished Year 11, while 15.6% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gawler, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While the 19.6% of adults with a university degree is higher than in similar areas, it remains well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32% of residents.
19.6% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 Gawler, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Gawler most commonly studied society and culture (16.3%) or health (15.7%). Engineering and management degrees follow at 13.9% and 12.8% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 16.39 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These schools are often large, averaging 846 students, with government primary schools making up the majority.
16.39
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
846
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gawler
6 schools — 5,074 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Gawler Primary School, Gawler | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 168 | 954 |
| Immanuel Gawler, Gawler East | Independent | Primary | 0.8 km | 353 | 1,038 |
| Gawler East Primary School, Gawler East | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 374 | 987 |
| Gawler and District College B-12, Evanston | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,247 | 932 |
| Hewett Primary School, Hewett | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 400 | 1,006 |
| Xavier College - Head Campus, Gawler Belt | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 2,532 | 1,001 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40474/gawler/topic/education