45.0% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wirrina Cove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wirrina Cove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Wirrina Cove sits around the middle for its level in terms of education and qualifications. While it matches similar areas, it falls well below South Australian and national figures for both high school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 45%, finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Another 21.7% reached Year 11 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wirrina Cove, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 15.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 39.1% of the group.
15.2% ▲ +57.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Wirrina Cove, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 15.5% and engineering and related fields at 13.6%. Architecture and building are also popular, making up 10.9% of qualifications.
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 smaller number of facilities 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wirrina Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41624/wirrina-cove/topic/education