41.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rockleigh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rockleigh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Rockleigh finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 41.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in early schooling is matched by lower rates of higher education across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.1% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. About 22.3% finished Year 11, while 13.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rockleigh, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 16.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
16.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Rockleigh, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Rockleigh often studied engineering, which accounts for 19.9% of degrees. Other common fields include management and commerce at 11.6% and society and culture at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rockleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41267/rockleigh/topic/education