45.3% ▲ +47.0%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Freeling · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Freeling
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of residents in Freeling have completed more schooling and higher qualifications since 2011. While the typical level of education remains far below the national figure, nearly half of the population has now finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 14 points since 2011 to reach 45.3%. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is still far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Freeling, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 10.6% since 2011. This is far below the South Australian figure of 22.7%, though over half of the town's qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
10.6% ▲ +56.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Freeling, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 17.7%, followed by management and commerce at 16.2%.
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 Freeling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415012/freeling/topic/education