33.6% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mallala · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mallala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Mallala have finished high school compared to most of the country. Only 33.6% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is reflected in the low number of university degrees held across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. About 20% of people stopped their schooling after Year 10 or Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mallala, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 6.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 38.3% of people.
6.8% ▲ +40.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Mallala, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering at 15% and management and commerce at 13.8%. Health qualifications follow at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools per 1,000 children here than in most similar areas, though they are smaller than average. All schools in the area are government primary schools.
5.10
Higher than 59% 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).
116
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mallala
1 school — 116 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mallala Primary School, Mallala | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 116 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40811/mallala/topic/education