26.3% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nangwarry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nangwarry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have remained low in Nangwarry, where only 4.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The area is characterised by a workforce mostly trained in trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.3% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. The most common highest year of schooling reached is Year 10 at 28.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nangwarry splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (27%), with Year 11 at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 47.7% of the highest qualifications being a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of people with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
4.9% ▲ +395.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Nangwarry, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both at 14.8%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 10.10 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. There is one government primary school serving the community, with a typical size of just 18 students.
10.10
Higher than 75% 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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
874
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nangwarry
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 874.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nangwarry Primary School, Nangwarry | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 18 | 874 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nangwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41008/nangwarry/topic/education