38.0% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goolwa · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Goolwa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Goolwa have finished high school compared to the wider state, though more adults are gaining higher qualifications. While only 38% of residents finished Year 12, the number of people with university degrees has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 38% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a slight increase from 2011, when the rate was 34.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goolwa, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.7% of the population, which is well below the South Australian average of 22.7%. However, this is higher than most similar areas and has grown since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +66.3%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Goolwa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 15.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goolwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL414001/goolwa/topic/education