40.6% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cuballing · Council (LGA)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Cuballing have finished high school and earned degrees than they did in 2011. While the typical level of schooling remains far below the national figure, the proportion of residents with Year 12 or a university degree has risen over the last decade.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This is an improvement from 2011, though 28% of people still list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
40.6% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cuballing, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (13%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.8% of residents.
10.7% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Cuballing, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 16.8%, followed by management and commerce at 11.2%. Qualifications in agriculture and the environment also represent 10.9% of the total.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cuballing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52310/cuballing/topic/education