35.1% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Redbanks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Redbanks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few adults in Redbanks hold university degrees, with only 7.6% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The area relies heavily on trade and vocational training rather than higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. This is much lower than most other areas, with a large number of people leaving school at Year 11 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Redbanks, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 11 (29%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common here, as over half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why bachelor degrees are so rare compared to the South Australian average of 22.7%.
7.6% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Redbanks, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Redbanks are most often in engineering and related fields at 26.4%. Other common areas of study include society and culture, as well as management and commerce.
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 those in most similar areas and has an advantage score around the middle for its level.
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 Redbanks
1 school — 116 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mallala Primary School, Mallala | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 116 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Redbanks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41240/redbanks/topic/education