50.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gillman · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gillman
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About half of Gillman residents have finished Year 12, though this is well below the national figure. This area has a high proportion of people with trade-level certificates, but far fewer university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 50.9% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the South Australian average of 54.6%. About 15.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gillman, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, many residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
10.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Gillman splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (38%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (33%), with Bachelor degree at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Gillman most often studied society and culture, while engineering, education, and management and commerce were also common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 15 schools within 3km, which is more than 86% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than average and are mostly government-run primary schools.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
409
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
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 Gillman
15 schools — 6,132 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 5 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| St Joseph's School, Ottoway | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 154 | 990 |
| Mount Carmel College Secondary Campus, Rosewater | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,204 | 1,008 |
| Pennington School R-6, Pennington | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 262 | 934 |
| Largs Bay School, Largs Bay | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 418 | 1,018 |
| Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, Birkenhead | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 232 | 902 |
| St Patrick's School, Mansfield Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 180 | 1,002 |
| Our Lady of the Visitation School, Taperoo | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 320 | 1,026 |
| Portside Christian College, New Port | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 626 | 1,067 |
| Ocean View P-12 College, Taperoo | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 629 | 918 |
| Alberton Primary School, Queenstown | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 262 | 1,002 |
| Dominican School, Semaphore | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 230 | 1,048 |
| Ngutu College, Woodville North | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 260 | 909 |
| Le Fevre High School, Semaphore South | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 456 | 951 |
| Woodville Gardens School Birth-6, Woodville Gardens | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 478 | 983 |
| Westport Primary School, Semaphore Park | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 421 | 1,025 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gillman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40496/gillman/topic/education