40.6% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hawker · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hawker
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 40.6% of residents in Hawker have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This shortfall in school completions is a key feature of the area's educational profile, where vocational certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with only 40.6% of people finishing Year 12. About 20.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hawker, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 13.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, a third of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
13.8% ▲ +52.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Hawker, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Bachelor degree (28%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related services at 18.4%, followed by management and commerce at 15.6%. Health and education also make up a significant portion of the local workforce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hawker has a very high number of schools for its population, though they are much smaller and have lower advantage scores than most areas. The local system is entirely made up of government combined schools.
20.41
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
45
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hawker
1 school — 45 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Hawker Area School, Hawker | Government | Combined | 7.7 km | 45 | 930 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40572/hawker/topic/education