36.1% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meckering · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meckering
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Meckering have remained low compared to the rest of the country, with only 36.1% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking it as an area where few people hold higher school or university qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 36.1% of people finishing. About 27.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meckering, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are very rare here, with only 2.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III and IV are the most common qualifications at 33.3%.
2.6% ▼ -62.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Meckering, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 13.8% and Education at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the only local school is a small government primary school with an average of 22 students.
21.28
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meckering
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Meckering Primary School, Meckering | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 22 | 983 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meckering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50923/meckering/topic/education