34.2% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gawler West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gawler West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Gawler West have finished high school than in most other areas, with only 34.2% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, as the area has a very low rate of university degrees. It is a community where trade and vocational certificates are the most common qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. About 21.6% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gawler West, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 4.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 44.1% of residents.
4.8% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 15.9%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6% and engineering at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gawler West has more schools within 3 km than 82% of similar areas, with 10 schools available. Half of these are government schools, and the average school size of 788 is among the highest at this level.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
788
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,000
Higher than 56% 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 West
10 schools — 7,877 students, average ICSEA 1,000.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Gawler Primary School, Gawler | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 168 | 954 |
| Gawler and District College B-12, Evanston | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 1,247 | 932 |
| Immanuel Gawler, Gawler East | Independent | Primary | 2.0 km | 353 | 1,038 |
| Evanston Gardens Primary School, Evanston Gardens | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 263 | 943 |
| Gawler East Primary School, Gawler East | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 374 | 987 |
| Xavier College - Head Campus, Gawler Belt | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 2,532 | 1,001 |
| Trinity College Senior, Evanston South | Independent | Secondary | 3.2 km | 669 | 1,025 |
| Trinity College North, Evanston South | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 914 | 1,040 |
| Trinity College South, Evanston South | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 957 | 1,039 |
| Hewett Primary School, Hewett | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 400 | 1,006 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gawler West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40480/gawler-west/topic/education