39.0% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallaroo Plain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallaroo Plain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people finished Year 12 in Wallaroo Plain than in most other areas. Only 39% of residents completed their final year of school, which is far below the national figure. This pattern continues into adulthood, where the proportion of people with a university degree is also well below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 39%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. Another 39% of residents reached Year 11 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wallaroo Plain splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 11 (44%), with Year 10 at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of adults, a figure well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.8% of residents.
16.7% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Wallaroo Plain, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 27.6%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one combined Catholic school within 3km, which is smaller than most similar areas and has a lower average advantage score.
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).
139
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wallaroo Plain
1 school — 139 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1
| St Mary MacKillop School, Wallaroo | Catholic | Combined | 9.2 km | 139 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallaroo Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41520/wallaroo-plain/topic/education