64.8% ▲ +115.9%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Uraidla - Summertown · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning shape daily life in Uraidla - Summerton, where a third of adults hold a university degree. This is a highly educated area compared to the rest of the state, with a strong trend of people gaining more qualifications over the last decade.
Highest year of school completed.
A far higher proportion of people here finished Year 12 compared to the South Australian average, reaching 64.8%. This is a significant jump from 2011, when only 30% of residents had completed their final year of school.
64.8% ▲ +115.9%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Uraidla - Summertown, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 11 is next at 16%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common, with 33.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3% and reflects a sharp rise from 10.9% in 2011.
33.5% ▲ +208.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Uraidla - Summertown, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 14.9% and health at 14.7%. Engineering, management, and commerce are also frequent areas of expertise at 13.9% each.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Uraidla - Summertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421038/uraidla-summertown/topic/education