31.2% ▲ +47.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waikerie · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Waikerie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Schooling and degree levels have both climbed in Waikerie since 2011, though they remain low. Only 31.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 10 points since 2011, but at 31.2% it is still far below the South Australian average of 54.6%. About 20.6% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Waikerie, the largest group is Year 12 at 34%, followed by Year 9 or below (23%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39.1% of people.
8.3% ▲ +75.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Waikerie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are society and culture at 14%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.8% and management and commerce at 12.4%.
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 Waikerie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415045/waikerie/topic/education