29.0% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mannum · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mannum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 29% of people in Mannum have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a defining feature of the town's educational profile, though the proportion of high school graduates has risen slightly since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the South Australian average of 54.6%, standing at just 29%. Many residents finished school earlier, with 22.3% reaching Year 10 and 20.5% reaching Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mannum, the largest group is Year 12 at 32%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in most areas, with only 6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.2% of residents.
6.0% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 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 Mannum, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 18.9%, followed by society and culture at 13.5%.
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 Mannum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415024/mannum/topic/education