22.7% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meribah · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Meribah have reached high levels of formal schooling compared to similar areas. Only 22.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are quite low, with the typical person reaching Year 11 (40.9%) or Year 10 (27.3%). The 22.7% who completed Year 12 is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%.
22.7% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Meribah, the largest group is Year 11 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (25%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Meribah splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 29%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meribah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40865/meribah/topic/education