42.5% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wasleys · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wasleys
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for residents in Wasleys (L), held by 47.9% of adults. While the number of people finishing Year 12 has risen over the last decade, the area remains far below state and national levels for both high school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 42.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, though still far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is an improvement from 2011, when the rate was 36.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wasleys, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 11 (30%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the South Australian average of 22.7%. This is a small increase from 7.2% in 2011.
9.0% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Wasleys, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with higher qualifications in Wasleys (L) most often studied engineering and related fields, at 19.7%, followed by management, commerce, society and culture at 13.7% each.
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 Wasleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421039/wasleys/topic/education