38.1% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
White Hills · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in White Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.1% of residents in White Hills finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This reflects a trend where a large portion of the community left school early. Most adults here hold qualifications at a certificate or diploma level rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the state figure at 38.1%, which is much lower than most similar areas. About 35.8% of people stopped at Year 10, and 18.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →White Hills splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 16.3% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below both the state and national figures. Among those with higher qualifications, 30.3% hold a bachelor degree and 28.9% have a Certificate III or IV.
16.3% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →White Hills splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (45%) and Certificate III / IV (43%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 21.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 19.7%. Health and Agriculture also make up a combined 19.7% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is smaller than most schools in similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 979, placing it around the middle for its level.
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).
101
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower 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 White Hills
1 school — 101 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Evandale Primary School, Evandale | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 101 | 979 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in White Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60750/white-hills/topic/education