33.6% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goolwa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goolwa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Goolwa from the national average in Year 12 completion. This reflects a community where far fewer adults have finished high school or earned university degrees compared to the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goolwa, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications at 34.4%.
12.5% ▲ +56.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Goolwa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 15.3%, followed by society and culture at 12.4% and health at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. All schools in the area are government run, with an average school size of 283 students.
10.42
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
283
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goolwa
2 schools — 566 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Goolwa Secondary College, Goolwa | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 285 | 957 |
| Goolwa Primary School, Goolwa | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 281 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goolwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40521/goolwa/topic/education