51.3% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Exmouth · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Exmouth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Exmouth hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While more people have finished school and earned degrees than in 2011, the town still sits well below state and national figures for these achievements.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure. However, this has improved significantly, rising 11 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Exmouth, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average. This has grown by 6.8 percentage points over the last decade.
17.9% ▲ +61.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 Exmouth, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in engineering and related fields at 20.1%, followed by management and commerce at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Exmouth has one government school which is much larger than those in most similar areas, though the town has a much lower number of schools per 1,000 children than most places.
1
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
1.79
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
536
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
536
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Exmouth
1 school — 536 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Exmouth District High School, Exmouth | Government | Combined | — | 536 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Exmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53360/exmouth/topic/education