49.9% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meadows
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 9 percentage points fewer adults in Meadows have finished Year 12 compared to the national figure. While this is higher than in many similar areas, the community trails behind both the state and the rest of Australia in overall school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the South Australian rate of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meadows, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.5%, a figure that sits well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.9% of adults.
17.5% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Meadows, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 17%, followed by society and culture at 12.6% and health at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school. This school is smaller than most in similar areas, though its advantage score is higher than typical.
2.79
Lower than 60% 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).
193
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,013
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meadows
1 school — 193 students, average ICSEA 1,013.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Meadows Primary School, Meadows | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 193 | 1,013 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40853/meadows/topic/education