46.4% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rosedale · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Rosedale hold a university degree compared to the rest of the country, with only 11.8% having a bachelor's degree or higher. This gap is a key feature of the area's educational profile, as school completion rates also sit well below the state and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 46.4%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% national figure and well below the South Australian average.
46.4% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Rosedale, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 29%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of adults. This helps explain why university qualifications are far below the state and national levels.
11.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Rosedale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management both accounting for 22.6% of degrees, followed by Education at 14%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though its average size of 93 students is much lower than most similar areas.
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).
93
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sandy Creek Primary School, Cockatoo Valley | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 93 | 993 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rosedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41274/rosedale/topic/education