35.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Milendella · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Milendella
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Milendella have stayed relatively consistent over the last decade, though formal schooling rates remain low. Only 35.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the South Australian average, with just 35.4% of people finishing school. Roughly the same proportion of residents, 35.4%, stopped after Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →Milendella splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 11 (40%), with Year 10 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 47.6% of the population.
16.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Milendella, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Graduate diploma / certificate (24%) and Bachelor degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 42.9%, followed by engineering and health at 28.6% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, though it is much smaller than most similar schools with an average of 28 students.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Milendella
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Palmer Primary School, Palmer | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 28 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Milendella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40876/milendella/topic/education