58.7% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Echunga · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Echunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the South Australian average for school and university completion, Echunga (L) has a highly qualified population. Over half of residents have finished Year 12, and university degrees are much more common here than in the state overall. This trend has strengthened over the last decade as more residents gain higher qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 6.7 points since 2011 to 58.7%, a figure that is well above the South Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Echunga, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 26.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the state figure and reflects a jump of 8.9 points since 2011.
26.0% ▲ +51.8%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Echunga splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 16.7%, followed by management and commerce at 13.0%.
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 Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421010/echunga/topic/education