60.0% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodville North · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodville North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A little over 60% of people in Woodville North have completed Year 12, which is well above the South Australian figure. This indicates a workforce with a strong base of secondary education, though university degrees are less common here than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is a highlight for the area, with 60% of residents finishing Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the South Australian rate of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodville North, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 9 or below is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the state. However, this is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
22.1% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Woodville North splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (34%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.1% and society and culture at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 18 schools within 3 km, which is more than 88% of similar areas. While the average school size of 416 is higher than most, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in other areas.
2.27
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
416
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodville North
18 schools — 7,489 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 6 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 12 · Combined 3 · Secondary 3
| Ngutu College, Woodville North | Independent | Combined | 0.2 km | 260 | 909 |
| Woodville High School, St Clair | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 1,170 | 973 |
| The Grove Education Centre, Woodville | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 63 | 992 |
| Woodville Gardens School Birth-6, Woodville Gardens | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 478 | 983 |
| Pennington School R-6, Pennington | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 262 | 934 |
| Whitefriars School, Woodville Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 603 | 1,076 |
| Woodville Primary School, Woodville South | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 204 | 1,020 |
| Challa Gardens Primary School, Kilkenny | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 251 | 982 |
| St Patrick's School, Mansfield Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 180 | 1,002 |
| Mount Carmel College Secondary Campus, Rosewater | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 1,204 | 1,008 |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace School, Albert Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 278 | 1,043 |
| St Joseph's School, Ottoway | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 154 | 990 |
| St Margaret Mary's School, Croydon Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 324 | 1,024 |
| Alberton Primary School, Queenstown | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 262 | 1,002 |
| Kilkenny Primary School, West Croydon | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 450 | 1,069 |
| Hendon Primary School, Royal Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 270 | 965 |
| Adelaide Secondary School of English, West Croydon | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 487 | 961 |
| Australian Islamic College Adelaide, West Croydon | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 589 | 1,016 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodville North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41645/woodville-north/topic/education