49.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sanderston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sanderston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Sanderston have finished Year 12, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This gap is reflected in the area's qualifications, where the share of people with university degrees is far below the Australian figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 49.3% of people have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the South Australian average. Around 20.9% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sanderston, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 47.7% of the total.
13.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Sanderston, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 25.0%. Health and Society and Culture both account for 13.6% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sanderston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41302/sanderston/topic/education