48.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.7%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Williamstown · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Williamstown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A drop in higher qualifications marks the recent shift in Williamstown, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher fell by 6.9 percentage points since 2011. While many residents hold strong vocational skills, the area's overall education levels remain well below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this figure is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. The proportion of people finishing school fell slightly by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Williamstown, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualification at 43.6%, while 13.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This university-level figure is well below the South Australian average of 22.7%.
13.9% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Williamstown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study for those with qualifications, making up 20.7% of the total. Society and culture and management and commerce follow at 15.2% and 13.2% respectively.
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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415047/williamstown/topic/education