48.2% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gawler Belt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gawler Belt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Gawler Belt have finished Year 12, marking a significant gap compared to the rest of the country. This trend carries through to higher education, where the area has far fewer university degrees than the national average. Most residents have focused on practical, trade-based learning instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 19.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 19.5% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gawler Belt, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 12.9% of adults, well below the South Australian average of 22.7%. Instead, the area is dominated by trade certificates, with 41.7% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.9% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Gawler Belt, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 19.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.7% and Society and culture at 12.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most areas, with an average size of 600 students. There are 7 schools within 3km, and government schools make up the majority at 57.1%.
5.75
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
600
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% 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 Belt
7 schools — 4,199 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 1
| Xavier College - Head Campus, Gawler Belt | Catholic | Secondary | 0.7 km | 2,532 | 1,001 |
| Hewett Primary School, Hewett | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 400 | 1,006 |
| Gawler Primary School, Gawler | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 168 | 954 |
| Trinity College Roseworthy, Roseworthy | Independent | Primary | 3.2 km | 192 | 1,037 |
| Immanuel Gawler, Gawler East | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 353 | 1,038 |
| Gawler East Primary School, Gawler East | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 374 | 987 |
| Roseworthy Primary School, Roseworthy | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 180 | 997 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gawler Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40475/gawler-belt/topic/education