44.5% ▲ +57.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woomera · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woomera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Woomera hold a Certificate III or IV, making vocational training the most common achievement here. This focus on trade skills is reflected in the local workforce, while university degrees are far less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here than in most of the country, with only 44.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woomera, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in Woomera, where only 6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
6.0% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Woomera, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 27.9%, followed by health and management at 12.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government-run school that serves as a combined primary and secondary campus. It is very small, with a typical size of just 10 students.
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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woomera
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Woomera Area School, Woomera | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 10 | 954 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woomera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41655/woomera/topic/education