45.7% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wigley Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wigley Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Wigley Flat have remained relatively low, with only 11.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most residents have not completed Year 12, leaving the area with a workforce that is less qualified than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 45.7%, finished Year 12. This is well below the South Australian figure of 54.6% and far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wigley Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (28%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below both the state figure of 22.7% and the national average of 26.3%.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 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 Wigley Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 44%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 20%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a more common situation than in about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wigley Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41592/wigley-flat/topic/education