39.2% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Laura · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Laura
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Laura have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 39.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure. While these levels are typical for similar small areas, they remain much lower than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The 39.2% who finished Year 12 is far below the South Australian average of 54.6%, though this figure has risen slightly since 2011. About 20% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher degrees are uncommon here, with only 12.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though the proportion of people with these degrees rose by 4.1 points since 2011.
12.3% ▲ +50.3%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Laura, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 17.4%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.9% and Education at 12.6%.
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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421021/laura/topic/education