42.5% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wanilla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wanilla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Wanilla have finished high school or university than in the rest of the country. Only 42.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.5%, which is far below both South Australia and the national average. For those who left school earlier, 26% finished Year 11 and 17.8% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wanilla, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 11 (28%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 16.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 52.6% of residents.
16.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Wanilla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 34%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Health at 18.4%, followed by Engineering, Society and Culture, and Food and Hospitality, which each account for 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 Wanilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41531/wanilla/topic/education