44.5% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Virginia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Around the middle for similar areas in terms of schooling, Virginia has a workforce where trade qualifications are common. Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 44.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the 54.6% seen across South Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 11 (19%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical certificates are the most common qualification, with 38.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of residents with a university degree is far below the state and national figures.
11.4% ▲ +132.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Virginia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering and related subjects at 18%, followed closely by Management and commerce at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has just one primary school, which is entirely government-run. While the average school size of 487 is higher than most areas, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in similar places.
1.63
Lower than 79% 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).
487
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Virginia
1 school — 487 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Virginia Primary School, Virginia | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 487 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41507/virginia/topic/education